Jammu : Relief& Rehabilitation Commissioner (M) J&K Dr Arvind KarwaniWednesday chaired a meeting to review the progress of integration of ration cards of Kashmiri and Jammu migrants in the National Food Security Act (NFSA) database.
The arrangements put in place for distribution of free ration to Relief Category Ration Card Holders as per the Special Relief Ration Scheme notified vide Government Order No. 15-JK(FCS&CA) of 2026 dated 05-03-2026 were also assessed. The meeting also reviewed the extension of benefits of social sector schemes to migrant beneficiaries.
Deputy Commissioner (Relief), Assistant Commissioners, Deputy Director FCS&CA, Zonal Officers / Camp Commandants of the Relief Organization, concerned Tehsildars and officials from different line departments attended the meeting.
With the digitization and integration of their Ration cards with the NFSA database, the migrant beneficiaries can avail benefits of the social sector schemes like old age pension, scholarships and marriage assistance.
After the launching of the new PDS portal by the Department of Food, Civil Supplies & Consumer Affairs Department, the process of integration of about 50,000 migrant families into the national database has been initiated.
The migrants were also facing difficulties in availing benefits under Ayushman Bharat Scheme, which has also been redressed after transition into the NFSA database.
It was enjoined upon all the officers to ensure time bound completion of the exercise of integration and other preparations to ensure uninterrupted ration supply to all migrant ration card holders.
Pertinently, the existing scale of ration to the migrants registered under the Relief Category (irrespective of categorization of ration card and norms/procedures for Inclusion, Deletion, Bifurcation, Conversion, Correction of Ration Cards) shall continue under the new Scheme. Directions were also issued for door to door campaign and time bound corrections of the typographical errors in the ration cards.
Dr Karwani impressed upon the officers to organize outreach camps on regular intervals to facilitate the public. The senior officers of the Relief Organization were asked to monitor the progress on a daily basis in the Zones/Camps.
