DC Kupwara chairs District Level Committee for verification of beneficiaries on e-PDS

KUPWARA : Deputy Commissioner Kupwara, Ms. Ayushi Sudan today chaired the meeting of District Level Committee to review the verification of all beneficiaries in the Public Distribution System database in the district.
The Committee has been framed by the Government under the Chairpersonship of Deputy Commissioner consisting of ACR, ACD, DSWO as members and AD FCS&CA as Member Secretary. The Committee has been mandated to verify the eligibility of all beneficiaries enrolled in the PDS database, in light of applicable rules, and ensure weeding out of ineligible beneficiaries therefrom. The committee shall ensure inclusion of left out eligible beneficiaries, if any identified in appropriate groups/categories under PDS, besides, ensure completion of e-KYC of all pending beneficiaries eligible under PDS.
On the occasion, the Deputy Commissioner stressed upon the officers to speed up the process of reverification of all beneficiaries especially belonging to AAY and PHH by checking their current income status to ensure accuracy of data on the PDS. She also directed them to ensure 100% E-KYC of the beneficiares and adding the left out beneficiaries if any in the system.
To ensure speedy reverification and updation in PDS, the Deputy Commissioner directed for constitution of Committees at Block and Panchayat levels which will conduct extensive survey and streamline the database.
The meeting was attended by ACR Kupwara, AD Food CS &CA, DSWO, DIO-NIC and other concerned.