PDS in Kiphire: Citizens allege 'discrepancies'

Dimapur, September 26 : The Citizens’ Welfare Society, Kiphire has alleged ‘bulgy discrepancies’ with regard to the issue of APL, BPL, AAY, kerosene, wheat, atta and sugar under Public Distribution System for the year 2015 -2016 in Kiphire town. The society, in a release issued by its media cell, today stated that there was huge difference in terms of the quantity of these items received by the beneficiaries and the utilisation certificate submitted to the Directorate of Directorate of Food & Civil Supplies by the office of Assistant Director F&CS Kiphire. The release said the society detected the discrepancies in the utilisation information given to it by the Directorate of Food & Civil Supplies on September 13 in response to its RTI application filed on August 22, 2016. In the RTI application, the society sought information pertaining to the issue of these items in Kiphire town. The society, basing on the actual information received, has now questioned as to how and why this huge quantity of these items meant for general public of Kiphire town is missing, the release said. It warned that it will not remain a silent spectator on the issue. The society furnished the following table on the basis of the written information from the town ward authorities and the Directorate of Food and Civil Supplies that shows the huge difference of the quantity received by the beneficiaries and the utilisation certificate submitted to the Directorate of F&CS by the office of Assistant Director F&CS Kiphire.  

Sl.No.	Particulars	Utilization Certificate submitted  by F&CS Kiphire 2015-16(per bag 50 kg)	Actual quantity received by ward authorities 2015-16(per bag 50 kg)	Shortage (per bag 50 kg)
1	APL	27600 Bags	6464 Bags	21136 Bags
2	BPL	8316 Bags	2237 Bags	6042 Bags
3	AAY Wheat Rice	3329 Bags 13668	NIL 737 Bags	3329 Bags 12931Bags
4	Atta	1980 Bags	64 Bags	1916 Bags
5	Sugar	6240 Bags	192 Bags	6012 Bags
6	kerosene	46200 Litres (Kiphire Dist.)	1800 Litres(Kiphire Town)