The Government of Assam on December 22, 2023, issued a notification regarding the Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) to be followed by all the PDS/TPDS stakeholders in the State.
The following has been stated: -
•To ensure proper distribution of food grains allocated under Targeted Public Distribution System to the beneficiaries included under National Food Security Act, 2013 in Assam and to prevent any diversion or leakage of highly subsidized PDS/TPDS commodities allocated under various schemes in the state, the following Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) is to be followed by all the PDS/TPDS stakeholders in the State along with the Terms and Conditions, Provisions and Clauses of all the relevant Orders, Acts and Rules in force.
•Standard Operating Procedure for Allocation Lifting, Transportation, Distribution of Commodities under NFSA'13 and Inspection of FPS/GPSS/ WCCS/LAMPS, etc. is given in the document attached below.
The detailed notification is given in the document attached below.
[Notification No. eFile No. ECAB/SUPP/2023/8]
