Excelsior Correspondent
SRINAGAR, July 27: Minister for Consumer Affairs and Public Distribution (CA&PD) Qamar Ali Akhoon today said that the Government has launched a new Welfare Scheme for the first time in the State under which food grains will be provided to all welfare institutions of the state on Below Poverty Line (BPL) rates.
This was stated by the Minister while speaking at a function organized by Jammu and Kashmir Yateem Trust at Gulshan-e-Banat, Gopalpora Chadoora.
The Minister said that due to strenuous efforts of the State Government, the centre has allocated additional quota of ration for distribution among welfare institutions for the current financial year under the scheme. He said the food grains will be distributed to Orphanages, Bal Ashrams, Nari Nikitans where the orphans are putting up and are being looked after by private individuals or civil society members. He said the ration will be provided to Gujar Bakarwal, SC/ST Hostels and other welfare institutions run by the Social Welfare Department also.
Mr. Akhoon said that the orphans are a part of a civil society and it is our social obligation to look after them.
Appreciating the services being rendered by JK Yateem Trust, the Minister said that these people are working for a noble cause and are doing yeoman’s services for the betterment of young adolescent girls putting up at Gulshan-e-Banat, Goplapora Chadoora. He said that the Government will encourage such Yateem Khannas, Bal Ashrams, and Nari Nikitans by providing them basic facilities under norms.
Responding to the demands of the Chief Patron JK Yateem Trust, Zahoor Ahmad Tak and other representatives of various welfare institutions, the Minister asked them to submit a list of total inmates putting up and being looked after in these institutions along with the requirement of monthly food grains to be submitted to the Director, Consumer Affairs and Public Distribution (CA&PD) for appropriate action.
The Minster instructed the Director CA&PD, Kashmir, to fix quota of supply of LPG and K. Oil and ensure its delivery in the premises of these institutions so that the inmates may not face inconvenience.
Earlier, Chief Patron, JK Yateem Trust, Zahoor Ahmad Tak gave the details of activities carried out by the Yateem Trust.
On the occasions Chairman, JK Yateem Foundation Mohammad Ehsan, Secretary, Yateem Khanna, Bemina Crossing, Chatabal G. M. Shah, representatives of Darul-uloom Dawoodia, Koolipora, Khanyar, Faizullah, and Prof. Jahangir Ahmad of Jamiat-ul-Banat, Lal Bazar, gave details of the activities being carried out by their institutions and highlighted the problems being faced to them.
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