Instead of 12 kg, they should get a monthly rice quota of 30 kg to prevent black marketing of foodgrains, they say
Fair price society owners say they can only manually sell rice after notification by the government. They said there was no chance for pilferage after this notification.
Goemkarpon n desk
PONDA: Upset with foodgrains scams and not getting sufficient rice every month, the furious ration card holder demanded that the Civil Supplies department hike their monthly allocation quota from 12 kg to 30 kg.
They said if the excess quota is sold at Belgaum Market at Rs 18 per kg, why can’t they get it in their own state.
Currently, APL card holders are entitled to only 12 kg of rice at Rs 12.50 per kg.
A Ponda local activist Viraj Sapre said this will prevent scams.
The ration quota is meant for cardholders if sold at Rs 18 kg in the Belgaum market, as per police inquiry. Why the locals APL card holders are not getting this balanced quota at the same rate of Rs 12.50 per kg.
APL ration Card holders say civil supply hike their monthly quota. They demand that instead of 12 kg, they should get a monthly rice quota of 30 kg to prevent Black marketing of food grain.
Low-income groups, i.e. Priority Card Holders or BPL, get excess quota more than their requirement, while some lift it while others do not.
There are allegations that some ration card holders sell their ration quota while unsold quota leads to scams. Locals say scams are only possible if the involvement of civil Supplies officials.
Since Covid pandemic, under Prime Minister Garibi Hatav scheme, low-income groups get a monthly rice quota at a lower rate of Rs 3 per kg with 5 kg for every person, besides the five kg per person free quota per month.
Thus suppose the family has four members; they are getting 20 kg at Rs 3 per kg and an excess free quantity of 20 kg free quota; thus a total of 40 kg is received by them, while for a four-member family, 30 kg per month is sufficient.
While APL Card holders get only 12 kg per month.
Meanwhile, reacting to CM’s allegations that Fair Price owners sell foodgrains directly in the open market, fair price society owners say they can only manually sell rice after notification by the government.
They said there was no chance for pilferage after this notification.