Jamshedpur: East Singhbhum lags behind in food grain distribution 

Jamshedpur, December 14: East Singhbhum ranks last i.e. 24th in the state in distribution of food grains.

However, this achievement in distribution of food grains in rural areas of the district is up to 94.29 percent. Food grain distribution in urban area (division) is 69.93 percent.

The average distribution of urban and rural areas is 70.45 percent which is the lowest in the state.

On Tuesday, MD  Y Prasad and Food Directorate Director Dilip Tirkey gave instructions to District Supply Officer Salman Zafar Khizri in the ongoing review through video conferencing to speed up the pace of food grain distribution across the district including Jamshedpur urban area.

By December 11, 2023, Jugsalai Municipal Council area had food grain distribution at 69.89 percent, Jamshedpur Notified Area at 69.56 percent, Mango Municipal Corporation 68.98 percent, Golmuri cum Jugsalai area 72.41 percent.

Rice, which was given to green card holders in April, is being distributed in December. The beneficiaries of the green ration card made under the Jharkhand State Food Security Scheme implemented in the state on the lines of the National Food Security Act, have to wait for eight months for food grains.

More than six and a half thousand green ration cards have been canceled in East Singhbhum in the last one year. People have applied for PH category ration card made under the new National Food Security Act. After receiving the rice for the first month of the financial year 2023-24 in December, timely distribution of food grains for the entire year has become a big challenge.

 On the lines of the Central Government, the Jharkhand Government had assured the poor people through Green Ration Card that no one will be allowed to die of hunger. In such a situation, due to the delay of eight months in the distribution of ration, the card holders themselves are raising questions on the appropriateness of the scheme.

Through Green Ration Card, rice is given at the rate of 5 kg per card holder to the family members.