Tag: Food Minister

  • Visit Program of Food Minister Shri Amarjit Bhagat

    The Food, Civil Supplies and Consumer Protection Minister of Chhattisgarh Government, Shri Amarjit Bhagat will depart from Raipur Railway Station at 09:35 pm on 29th June by Durg Ambikapur Express and will reach Ambikapur Railway Station at 06:30 am on 30th June 2021. Shri Bhagat will leave the railway station Ambikapur at 06:30 in the morning for his residence at Bauripara.

  • Food Minister Shri Amarjit Bhagat will review departmental work on June 29

    The Minister of Food, Civil Supplies and Consumer Protection will review the departmental work tomorrow at 12 noon on June 29 at the residence office of Surguja Kutir MLA Colony, Puraina. It is noteworthy that the tenure of Shri Amarjit Bhagat as Food and Culture Minister is coming to an end. Minister Shri Bhagat will address the press conference at one o’clock in the afternoon after the departmental review meeting.

  • Food Minister Shri Amarjit Bhagat reviews departmental work

    Food Minister Shri Amarjit Bhagat reviewed the working of Food, Civil Supplies and Consumer Protection Department at Mantralaya (Mahanadi Bhawan) today. He directed to make arrangements for distribution of food grains in fair price shops. He did a district-wise review of the storage and distribution of food grains in the government fair price shops of the state. Shri Bhagat has asked to ensure adequate storage for distribution of rice, jaggery, sugar and gram. Instructions have been given to the officers for systematic operation of government fair price shops, drinking water system in ration shops, painting and putting up rate list, as well as to keep constant inspection of PDS.

    Food Minister Shri Bhagat has instructed the departmental officers that PDS should be started in the state. Make proper arrangement of bales of good quality for the rice from the gunny bags. Instructions have been given to make adequate storage arrangements for all the unreachable and inaccessible areas before the rainy season. It was informed in the meeting that the Government of India has not yet received the formal order for free food grains to the BPL category ration card holders. Therefore, as per the announcement of Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel, proper arrangements are being made to distribute the BPL card holders free of cost. The Food Minister has given instructions for proper security of the paddy left uncollected in the paddy collection centers and procurement centers. He has given instructions to the officers to work cautiously so that there is no paddy shortage anywhere. If there is a complaint of paddy shortage anywhere, action will be taken against the concerned officials. The Food Minister has instructed the officers to take necessary action by continuous monitoring and correspondence for the purchase of rice by the Food Corporation of India under the Central Pool. Instructions have been given to the officers to distribute food grains every month to the beneficiaries of PDS as per their eligibility. It was informed in the meeting that out of 92 lakh metric tonnes of paddy purchased in the state this year, about 54 lakh metric tonnes by millers, 20 lakh metric tonnes by collection centers, more than 9 lakh weeders and more than 8 lakh 10 thousand metric tonnes of paddy The lifting has been done by the Food and Civil Supplies Corporation. The Food Minister also reviewed the custom milling of rice last year and this year.
    In the meeting, Secretary, Food Department, Mr. Topeshwar informed that CCs in 4 thousand government fair price shops of the state. TV Cameras have been installed, including 109 shops in urban areas and 2 thousand 900 in rural areas. CC in remaining ration shops TV Camera installation is in progress. In the state, about 4 thousand 428 fair price shops are operated by panchayats, more than 4 thousand shops by cooperative societies, 3 thousand 925 shops by women self-help groups, 120 shops by security societies and 320 fair price shops by urban bodies. has been Adequate quantity of food grains, jaggery, gram, sugar, fortified rice are being stored and distributed smoothly in all the shops. Departmental officers including Special Secretary, Food Department Shri Manoj Kumar Soni, MD Markfed, Ms. Kiran Kaushal, MD Nan Shri Niranjan Das were present in the meeting.

  • Chief Minister’s Tree Plantation Promotion Scheme: Food Minister planted fruit plants in village Adchi

    Food, Civil Supplies and Consumer Protection Minister Shri Amarjit Bhagat planted fruit trees under the Chief Minister’s Tree Plantation Promotion Scheme in village Adchi of Ambikapur block. It is noteworthy that the Chief Minister Shri Bhupesh Baghel has launched the Chief Minister’s Tree Plantation Protsahan Yojana through video conferencing to promote tree plantation and to motivate the farmers towards plantation. Food Minister Shri Amarjit Bhagat was also involved in the tree plantation program organized through video conferencing. After planting saplings, Chief Minister Shri Baghel discussed with the farmers of Surguja district through video conferencing and inquired about planting saplings in the fields. Chief Minister Shri Baghel told the farmers that under the Chief Minister’s Tree Plantation Protsahan Yojna, for the next three years, for the next three years, for the next three years, people will get the benefit of planting trees in their own fields at the rate of Rs.10 thousand per acre.
    Food Minister Shri Bhagat told Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel that the tribals and farmers of Surguja district have a special attachment to Mahua trees and it is also their main source of income. On this occasion, Surguja Collector, District Panchayat Chief Executive Officer, Chief Conservator of Forests, Superintendent of Police, Sub-Divisional Officer were present along with Bal Krishna Pathak, President of Medicinal Plant Board.

  • Food Minister Shri Amarjeet Bhagat inspects under construction warehouse Godown at Belkota-Batauli

    Food Minister Shri Amarjit Bhagat today inspected the under construction warehouse Godown at Belkota-Batauli under Sitapur block area of ​​Surguja district. He directed the officers to complete the construction work in quality and in time-limit.
    It is worth mentioning that the Godown is being constructed at a cost of Rs. 9 crore 28 lakh in an area of ​​8.33 acres. With the construction of Godown, storage will start in the coming Kharif season. Minister Shri Bhagat said that once the warehouse is constructed, there will be safe storage of paddy purchased in support price. Also, the local people will get employment opportunities.

  • Food Minister inspects road and culvert construction: Instructions to make traffic accessible before rain

    Food, Civil Supplies and Consumer Protection Minister of Chhattisgarh Government, Shri Amarjit Bhagat inspected road and culvert construction at Batauli via Ambikapur, Darima, Navanagar during his stay in Sitapur on Wednesday. He instructed the officers to speed up the culvert construction work and make the traffic accessible before the rains.

    Shri Bhagat said that the people of the area should not face any problem during the rainy season by speeding up the construction of roads and culverts around the area. During this, he directed to repair the passenger waiting room at Bargawan Chowk for the convenience of the people. Along with this, he also inspected the road-culvert construction work in Navanagar, Karra, Paurikala, Adachi, Kalipur, Chirga, Batauli.