Tag: Odisha State Food Commission

Bhubaneswar: Gross irregularities have now come to the fore in the implementation of the Food Security Act as subsidized ration is being issued in the name of dead persons while on the other hand a substantial number of beneficiaries have not received their ration cards, and yet being provided ration. Nearly 19 lakh families do […]

Bhubaneswar: The Odisha State Food Commission has exposed the lie behind Naveen Patnaik-led government’s claim to be the best performing State in terms of Forest Rights Act implementation. Raising question over the effectiveness and efficiency of implementation of the act, the commission, in a letter to all district collectors said that not even a single […]

Bhubaneswar: The Odisha State Food Commission has shot letters to Collectors of all districts directing them to dispose applications for new Ration Cards under the National Food Security Act, 2013. As per reports, the Commission mentioned that the fresh applications received from time to time are not being accounted for promptly in the Ration Card […]

Bhubaneswar: Posts of chairperson of important commissions in Odisha like the State Commission for Women, State Commission for Persons with Disabilities and Odisha State Food Commission are vacant. Besides, the Human Rights Commission here has no permanent chairperson. It is alleged that the State government is intentionally delaying the selection to fill these posts due […]