Himachal Pradesh
Antodaya Anna Yojana (AAY)
Priority
Non-NFSA State BPL
Non-NFSA State APL
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Process of Selection
The selection of the Left out households shall be done by respective Gram Panchayats through their gram sabhas in case of rural areas and by Municipal Corporation/ committee/ Nagar Panchayat in case of urban areas.
For this purpose a special day shall be fixed for holding meetings after approval of the Rural/ Urban development department.
Every Gram sabha/ Urbanbody shall at the start of the meeting inform the number of left-out households, which are to be, identified as Eligible households.
The Gram sabhas/ urban bodies shall thereafter start including the households in order of priority keeping in view the exclusion criteria till the desired number is arrived at.
After identification, the list of identified Eligible Households (AAY and Priority) shall be displayed by the concerned Gram Panchayat/ Urban body on their notice board/ website.
Any person aggrieved by the decision of the gram sabha/ Urban body can file an appeal with the concerned SDO (Civil) with in a period of 15 days from the date of the meeting of the gram sabha/ Urban bodywhere after no appeal shall lie. The SDO may based on the merits of the case order for inclusion/ exclusion of any family in the eligible household and the list of eligible households shall be modified accordingly by the concerned Panchayat Secretary/Executive officer of the urban body.
The process of selection by the local bodies shall be completed with in one month of the notification of these guidelines.
The final list of Eligible households shall be made available in the respective fair price shop.
Fair Price Shops
Guidelines for Selection of Fair Price Shops
Helpline
Call toll free number: 1800-180-8026 or 1967
Website
Department of Food, Civil Supplies & Consumer Affairs
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Minister (Food and Civil Supplies Department)
Principal Secretary (Department of Food and Public Distribution)
Members of Parliament - Lok Sabha | Rajya Sabha
Members of Legislative Assembly
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For expert assistance, please contact
Director, State Resource Centre (SRC) Shimla
Shivalik Sadan, Engine Ghar, Sanjauli,
Shimla-171006, Himachal Pradesh.
Office: 0177-2842972
Fax: 0177-2645072
E-mail: opbhuraita@rediffmail.com
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Consumer State Commission/District Forums
File RTIs with Public Information Officers
Complain
Register complaints online
Contact the District Grievance Redressal Officer based on these guidelines
File complaints based on a PDS-specific citizen charter at a consumer forum
News
2014
No ration under PDS system: Kullu villagers (Bhawani Negi, The Hindustan Times, 4 Feb 2014)
Deposits forms for Aadhaar-based ration cards: DC (Business Standard, 21 Jan 2014)
Food Security Scheme Fails To Reach 1 Million People in Himachal (Hill Post, 11 January 2014)
2013
Public Distribution System issue rocks Himachal Pradesh Assembly (DNA, 18 December 2013)
Food Security Scheme Fails To Reach 1 Million People in Himachal (Hill Post, 11 January 2014)
Public Distribution System issue rocks Himachal Pradesh Assembly (DNA, 18 December 2013)
HP govt to raise quota of rations for BPL families (Zee News, 16 November 2013)
Himachal Pradesh to start food security programme from September 20 (Times of India, 18 September 2013)