Food Security Act meeting
Source: The Sangai Express

Imphal, March 13 2016: Uripok AC MLA Laishram Nandakumar has claimed that his Constituency is one of the few Constituencies of the State where PDS items are made available to common people regularly.

He was speaking at a meeting on the implementation of National Food Security Act 2013 at his Nagamapal Singjubung Leirak private residence today.

Stating that PDS items like rice, sugar and kerosene are regularly distributed to the people in his Constituency every month, Nandakumar said that he is looking forward to proper implementation of National Food Security Act as well.

Saying that the National Food Security Act (NFSA) would be implemented in Imphal West and Senapati districts from April 1 this year, the MLA said that the Act would directly benefit the poor people of the two districts.

The MLA said that PDS agents would no longer distribute PDS items after the implementation of the Act.

He further said that the validity of BPL, AAY and APL cards would also automatically cease after the enforcement of the Act and NFSA items would be distributed through eight Fair Price Shops in Uripok AC.

Uripok Block Congress Committee president Y Jayenta, IMC Ward No 4 Councillor Aryankumar alias Gandhi and other Block Congress Committee members were also present at the meeting.

BPL, APL, AAY and National Food Security Act card holders and their families of Uripok AC also attended the meeting.

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