With over 1.2 crore entries in its website, the Consumer Affairs and Public Distribution (CAPD) department has become the first "fully digitised" department in Jammu and Kashmir, the state government said today.
"The CAPD department has become the first fully digitised department in the state. About 1,25,42,000 entries of beneficiaries are hostedin the department's website," CAPD Minister Choudhary Zulfkar Ali said today.
He said the newly-launched Mufti Mohammad Sayeed Food Entitlement Scheme will supplements National Food Security Act (NFSA), under which additional quota of ration will be provided at subsidised rates.
The state government is fully committed to protect and promote the economic and social well-being of the citizens and requisite steps are being taken to ensure hassle-free supply of quality ration to the people, the minister said.
Ali said 204 new fair price shops are proposed to be opened in Udhampur district, while 101 new shops are proposed for Reasi district to augment ration supply.
