QUALITY OF RICE UNDER FOOD FOR WORK
PROGRAMME
Government supplies
only good quality rice under `Food For Work Programme’ to State
Governments.
The following steps
have been taken by the Government to ensure that only good quality
foodgrains including rice are supplied to the States:-
Ample opportunities
are provided to the officials of the State Governments/UT Administrations
to inspect the stocks prior to lifting from the Food Corporation
of India (FCI) godowns;
Instructions have
been issued to all the State Governments/UT Administrations that
an officer not below the rank of Inspector should be deputed to
check the quality of foodgrains before lifting from the FCI godowns.
The samples of foodgrains
are to be jointly drawn and sealed by the officers of the State
Governments/UT Administrations and the FCI from the stocks for
display at the counters of Fair Price Shops (FPSs) for the benefit
of consumers.
The officers of the
State Governments’ and the Ministry pay surprise checks of the
FPSs, to over see the quality of foodgrains being distributed
through TPDS.
The officers of the
Department designated as `Area Officers’ for monitoring the TPDS
work in the respective States also undertake visits to the storage
depots and the FPSs, during their visit to the States to check
the quality of foodgrains being issued.
This information
was given by the Minister of State for Consumer Affairs, Food
and Public Distribution Shri Subhash Maharia in a written reply
to Ms. Pramila Bohidar in Rajya Sabha today.
