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DIMAPUR, MARCH 18
The Life Consumer Society & Right To Information ( LCS& RTI) Dimapur district has seek clarification form the department of Food and Civil Supplies and its agency, the state stockiest for the SC/ST/OBC, Hostel and welfare institution scheme. According to a press release issued by Pradid Kr. Sethi vice president and Assistant press secretary Rohit Dayal, LCS & RTI Dimapur district, the distribution of food grains are mandatory to issue to the residents of the hostel having 2/3 students belonging to those SC/ST/OBC categories are eligible to get 15 Kg of food grains per residence per month under the said scheme. The beneficiaries like beggar house, orphanage, house for Nariniketan ect, which are not covered under the TPDS scheme are covered under the welfare institution scheme since 2008. The Life Consumer Society & Right To Information ( LCS& RTI) Dimapur district further appealed to the department to streamline the distribution of food grains through the network of FPS under the supervision of district administration and district supply office Dimapur district against the period 2015-16 in the interest of the targeted beneficiaries of the district.
