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Demand to do away with private ration dealers by Shiv Sahay Singh

kolkata : At a time when Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee is promising a revamp of the public distribution system and “food grains for all”, various right groups and unions working in the PDS sector are pressing for doing away with the system of private dealership of ration shops to stop pilferage of food grains.

Representatives of Paschim Banga Khet Majoor Samity, Sramjivi Samnaway Committee, West Bengal Government Employees Union (Nabaparjaya), ICDS Officers Association conveyed this to Anuradha Talwar, Advisor to Supreme Court Commissioner on Right to Food, at a meeting held in Kolkata this weekend.

The groups have suggested that the government should start “doorstep delivery of food grains” through retail shops run by self-help groups or community-based organisations.

“If the state government can start local procurement of food grains, followed it by processing and distribution, then it revive agriculture in the state, create employment in the villages,” Talwar told The Indian Express and added that this would help the government save money on transport cost. Moreover, Talwar said, the farmers will also get a minimum support price for the sale of their produce.

A number of NGOs from Junglemahal, Malda and Jalpaiguri, stressed on taking punitive actions against corruption or pilferage of food grains.