Jammu : Relief& Rehabilitation Commissioner (M) Dr Arvind KarwaniThusrday convened a meeting to review the implementation of the ration distribution in terms of the Special Relief Ration Scheme for Kashmiri/Jammu Migrants notified vide Government Order No.15-JK(FCS&CA) of 2026 dated 05.03.2026 and extension of benefits of social sector/welfare schemes to eligible migrants, after integration of their ration cards on the national database.
The meeting was attended by the officers from the Department of Food Civil Supplies & Consumer Affairs, Relief Organization and National Informatics Centre, Delhi and J&K. Besides, Camp Commandants, Zonal Officers and territorial Tehsildars were also present.
It was apprised that more than 26,000 migrant ration cards have already been punched into the NFSA database and that FCS&CA is distributing three months ration (August to October) and the said period of distribution has further been extended beyond 31st August, 2026, till September.
The technical issues being faced by some beneficiaries in the ration distribution were deliberated and the National Informatics Centre was asked to redress these on priority. It was decided that the officers of FCS&CA and the Relief Organization shall take proactive steps to reach out to all households and ensure ration supply to all migrant beneficiaries.
It was also decided that the extensive IEC campaign shall be continued on the ground to make migrants aware about various welfare schemes of the Government and that the integration of migrant ration cards into the NFSA database is purely a welfare-oriented governance reform aimed at inclusion of migrants into the mainstream welfare architecture, extension of social security benefits, digitization and modernization of records, transparency and accountability in beneficiary management, ensuring the continuation and protection of all the existing relief provisions/guidelines/entitlements available to Kashmiri/Jammu Migrants. More than 4000 eligible migrant families have so far been facilitated through intensive IEC campaign aimed at door to door reach out and regular special outreach camps. More than 2500 families have already availed benefits of the social sector schemes like old-age pension, widow pension, disability pension and marriage assistance etc.
The integration of migrant ration cards into the National Food Security Act (NFSA) database has emerged as a significant step towards expanding the migrant community’s access to Government welfare and social security benefits. The process has progressively transformed the migrant ration card from an instrument of food entitlement only to an important gateway to a wider spectrum of welfare and social protection. The Relief & Rehabilitation Organization, in close coordination with the Department of Food, Civil Supplies & Consumer Affairs, Social Welfare Department and other concerned departments, is facilitating the integration of nearly 50,000 migrant families into the national database, supported by extensive awareness, facilitation and field-level monitoring to facilitate the eligible migrants to avail benefits of social sector/welfare schemes.
As a continuation of this beneficiary-centric outreach, another month-long round of special awareness and facilitation camps at different locations in the Jammu Division is being started from 29.08.2026. The camps are aimed at facilitating eligible migrant families in completing requisite formalities, understanding their entitlements and accessing various social security and welfare schemes.
