Life Cycle Management of Ration Card in West Bengal
Procedure for issue of new ration card, duplicate ration card, cancellation of ration card and modification (Life cycle management of ration card) in West Bengal.
Food & Supplies Directorate is mainly responsible for availability and distribution of foodgrains and other essential commodities to the valid ration Card holders.
Procedure for issue of new ration card, duplicate ration card, cancellation of ration card and modification (Life cycle management of ration card) in West Bengal.
Scheduled time for capturing ration card data at Fair Price Shop level has been extended for the 11 districts viz. Kolkata, North 24 Parganas (excepting municipal areas), Howrah, Hooghly, Purba Medinipur, Purulia, Birbhum, Bankura, Burdwan, Dakshin Dinajpur and Coochbehar.
Short title, extent and commencement. Definitions. Regulation. Application. Power of licensing authority to refuse to grant. Power of licensing authority to suspend or cancel. Appeal. Restriction on consumption of cooking gas. Power of entry, search, seizure, etc. Submission of statement about the stock of cooking gas. Power to exempt in special case. Review and Revision…
Government of West Bengal in F&S Department has decided to participate in nationwide One Nation One Ration Card (ONORC) scheme. Through this scheme, NFSA beneficiaries can lift foodgrain anywhere in India through Aadhaar based Biometric Authentication.
West Bengal Urban Public Distribution System (Maintenance and Control) Order, 2013 published vide No. 2371-FS dated 12.08.2013, Department of Food and Supplies.
In case of lifting of food grains from a Fair Price Shop dealer, the ration card holder shall have the option to lift the allocated quota of foodgrains, a) for current week; or b) following weeks
Food & Supplies Department has developed a Web Based Solution namely Service Record Monitoring System for Constituted Cadre officers of West Bengal Food & Supplies Services under URL https://food.wb.gov.in/SRMS.
Repeated complaints have been received by the State Govt. regarding the quality of Chattisgarh rice supplied by FCI for the Mid-Day-Meal (MDM) scheme.
Applicants for Dealership must have bank balance of Rs. 5.0 lakh as working capital as reflected on the day of application and one year preceding the date of application.
Governor is of opinion that it is necessary and expedient to provide necessary provisions for procurement and maintaining supplies of rice and for securing its equitable distribution and availability at fair prices to agencies of the State Government by the Custom Milled Rice agency.