Double Engine: Government approves increase in Kotedar’s dividend to ₹ 35 per quintal, Keshav Prasad Maurya


Keshav Prasad Maurya today Lok Bhawan, Participated in the announcement program of distribution of additional dividend from the budget of the state government to the fair price vendors of Uttar Pradesh in Lucknow. The Deputy Chief Minister said that Annapurna Bhawans are being constructed to connect fair price shops with better facilities in the state. 8,300 in the state Annapurna Bhavan has been completed and 1,500 The buildings are under construction. The government intends that fair price shops should not remain only the center of food grain distribution.but also play an important role in providing better facilities to the citizens at the local level.

Important decisions in the interest of tenants

Shri Maurya ji said that along with providing food grains to the poor, the government is also taking full care of the interests of the fair price sellers. Kotedars are an important link in the public distribution system and it is only through them that the benefits of food security schemes reach the last person. fair price sellers 39 Sale of standard items has been allowed. This will increase their opportunities for additional income. Along with this, by increasing the dividend of shareholders ₹35 Per quintal has been approved. A proposal has been sent to the Central Government for an additional 25 percent increase in dividend. The Government is sensitive to the legitimate problems and demands of fair price vendors. If the quota holders are financially strong then the public distribution system will operate more effectively.

Food grains directly from FCI warehouse to farmers

The Deputy Chief Minister said that important improvements have also been made in the food grain supply system. Food grains are being delivered directly from FCI warehouse to fair price vendors and their transportation is being done free of cost. Due to this, the burden of additional transportation expenses on the farmers has been reduced and the food supply system has become more smooth. The government aims to simplify the entire process of food grain distribution.should be made transparent and effective. Poor families should get their entitled food grains on time and fair price vendors should not face any unnecessary difficulties.

The welfare of the poor and the interests of the tenants go hand in hand

Shri Maurya ji said that under the leadership of Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi, poor welfare has been made the center of mainstream development. Under the leadership of Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath, the Uttar Pradesh government is effectively implementing the public welfare schemes of the Centre. Guaranteeing the food rights of the poor and protecting the interests of fair price vendors go hand in hand. The government has resolved that no eligible family in the state should be deprived of food grains. technologyThe public distribution system will be further strengthened through transparency and sensitive administration.

On this occasion, Hon. Chief Minister Shri Yogi Adityanath, Deputy Chief Minister Shri Brijesh Pathak, mother. Minister of Food and Logistics and Civil Supplies Shri Manoj Kumar Pandey, mother. Minister of State Shri Satish Chandra Sharma, Mayor Lucknow Smt. Sushma Kharkwal ji, mother. MP Shri Brijlal ji, mother. MLA Mr. Mukesh Sharma, mother. MLA Shri O.P. Srivastava ji, mother. MLA Shri Neeraj Bora ji, mother. MLA Shri Yogesh Shukla ji, President Uttar Pradesh Cheap Cattle Vendor Council Mr. Ashok Kumar Mehrotra, Mr. Rajesh Tiwari of All India Fair Price Shop Dealer Association, Shri Kamlesh Kumar Mishra ji, Fair price sellers of the state including representatives of Adarsh ​​Kotedar and Consumer Welfare Association were present and a large number of Kotedars joined the program through Zoom.