All PDS left out e-Shram registrants
asked to contact respective AD, Tehsil Supply Offices for ration cards/
inclusion : Dept of FCS&CA
All pending PDS beneficiaries,
e-Shram registrants advised to complete eKYC process at earliest
Beneficiaries presently outside J&K can complete it from there
only
SRINAGAR, JULY 28:
The Department of Food, Civil Supplies and Consumer Affairs (FCS&CA)
through an official communique has requested the e-Shram registrants who are
left out in PDS to come forward and contact their respective Tehsil Supply
Offices or Offices of the Assistant Directors for issuance of ration cards/
inclusion.
This is in line
with the orders of the Supreme Court of India, to provide inclusion / ration
cards to e-Shram registrants who are presently without ration cards, but are
eligible to take foodgrains under PDS.
The Department
towards its commitment to provide ration cards/ inclusion under PDS, as per the
eligibility, to all left-out e-Shram portal registrants of J&K has also
carried out special drives including camps organized on 2nd, 3rd February and
23rd, 24th of June 2024 across all the districts of Jammu & Kashmir in the
respective Tehsil Supply Offices and in the offices of Assistant Directors.
The Department has
also been approaching such registrants in whose case e-Shram registration could
not establish inclusion in the PDS database, after matching of respective data.
In its effort, till now the Department has reached out to 20656 such
registrants in Kashmir Division. Out of these 18136 were found already enrolled
in the ration cards and 2555 registrants were found not having ration cards.
Out of the 2555 registrants, 1876 have been included in the existing ration
cards of their families and 154 have been provided new ration cards, besides
for remaining registrants either there was a mismatch in Aadhaar details or
they have failed to produce requisite documents.
In case of Jammu
Division, till now 47297 such registrants have been reached out by the
Department. Out of these 39213 were found already enrolled in the ration cards
and 8084 registrants did not have ration cards. Out of the 8084 registrants,
6671 have been included in the existing ration cards of their families and 665
have been provided new ration cards, besides for remaining registrants either
there was a mismatch in Aadhaar details or they have failed to produce
requisite documents.
As per the official
communique the Department has also been approaching these registrants, in whose
cases a mismatch has come to fore, on their given phone numbers, however in
many cases the contact numbers were either found to be unavailable or not in use
or belonging to different persons.
The Department has
now again requested all such e-shram registrants, who do not have a ration card
or have not been included in their entitled household ration card, to reach out
to the nearest Tehsil Supply Office or the Office of Assistant Director along
with the requisite documents including Aadhaar card, Domicile Certificate,
Income Proof and e-Shram card for being considered for issuance of ration card
or for inclusion in their family ration card, as per eligibility.
Additionally the
Department has also asked all those PDS beneficiaries and e-Shram registrants
who are also PDS beneficiaries and who have not yet completed their eKYC with
the Department of Food, Civil Supplies & Consumer Affairs, to complete this
eKYC process at an earliest, to avoid any inconvenience they may face in future
and to overcome any mismatch in their data details in PDS database. This eKYC
process is required to be completed urgently as per orders of the Supreme
Court.
As per the
Department, around 83 per cent of the beneficiaries under NFSA and 65 per cent
in Non Priority Households group have completed their eKYC so far. The
remaining beneficiaries have been asked to complete their eKYC at their nearest
FPS or Government sale centre urgently to avoid any inconvenience in future.
Further, it has
also been informed that the PDS beneficiaries who are presently out of Jammu
& Kashmir can also complete their eKYC from anywhere in the country at the
nearest FPSs as that feature has also now been enabled in the system.