AIFB slams State Govt
Source: The Sangai Express
Imphal, July 15 2016 :
All India Forward Bloc, Manipur State Com-
mittee (AIFB-MSC) has slammed the State government for the
tardy progress in the distribution of rice to beneficiaries under the
Act.
In a statement, the State secretary of AIFB-MSC said that the
National Food Security Act, 2013 was passed on 10th September,
2013 and came into force in Manipur on April 25, 2016, but half of
the beneficiaries of the State has not received ration cards till date
and most of the beneficiaries has not received foodgrains for the
month of April even after the months of May and June have lapsed.
Under Section 8, Chapter II of the Act, beneficiaries are
entitled to receive food security allowance in case of non-
supply of entitled foodgrains to them, he added.