Kohima, December 18 (MExN): The Department of Food & Civil Supplies, Government of Nagaland, has notified the modalities for immediate implementation of the General Household (GHH) Scheme under the ‘Tide Over’ allocation of the National Food Security Act, 2013.
Under the guidelines, respective District Officers shall allocate and release food grains to selected Fair Price Shops or Procurement-cum-Distribution Centres for distribution to identified GHH beneficiaries. District Officers are required to submit a monthly Utilization Certificate, countersigned by the Deputy Commissioner, in a prescribed Format to the Directorate on monthly basis.
For Buffer Stock, Deputy Commissioner of the respective districts will issue sub-allocation of Buffer Stock and the concerned Stockist-cum-Handling Agent will release the Buffer Stock to the beneficiaries.
After distribution, a Utilization Certificate in prescribed Format signed by respective Stockist will be submitted to the District Civil Supply Officer/Assistant Civil Supply Officer of the respective districts for signature which will be counter signed by the respective Deputy Commissioners.
A certain quantity of Buffer Stock will be earmarked at the discretion of the Director, Food & Civil Supplies to meet any exigencies every month.
Distribution in rural areas will be done through respective village council FPS. In urban areas, respective District Officers will identify required number of FPS from the existing FPS for handling Tide over Rice for GHH beneficiaries depending on the strength of GHH cards. The list will be submitted to the Directorate for approval.
The Godown Rate for food grains and payment modalities will be fixed by the Department with government approval. The End Retail Price at FPS will be determined by District Officers in consultation with Administrative Officers, taking into account the Godown issue price. These rates will be subject to revision as per prevailing Central Rates.
Rates and Payment Modalities
The Department of Food & Civil Supplies has informed that in accordance to Clause 4 of the Guidelines for implementation of National Food Security Act 2013- Tide Over allocation the following Rates and Payment Modalities are fixed:
Sl.No | Particulars | Amount/Qtl (Rs) | |
1 | Central Issue price (CIP) | 830.00 | 911.84 |
2 | FPS Automation | 81.84 | |
3 | Stockist handling Commission | 50.00 | 248.16 |
4 | Loading & Unloading @ Rs. 15 per qtl (Stockist) | 30.00 | |
5 | Transportation to District Qq. | 160.00 | |
6 | Miscellaneous | 8.16 | |
| Total | 1160.00 | 1160.00 |
To maintain a uniform Godown Issue Price at all the PDCs across the state, an average transportation rate is fixed at Rs 160.00 per quintal, irrespective of the distance from FSD to PDCs. However, the Stockist/Transporters will be paid on the basis of the actual distance between on two categories: Rs. 30/qtl for district Hq PDCs with FSD (Dimapur, Kohima, Mokokchung, Tuensang and Mon); Rs. 1.70/qtl/km for the remaining PDCs
The calculation is based on LI of Route Optimisation where the PDCs are mapped to the nearest FSD, FCI. The uniform Godown Issue Price is arrived at Rs 1160/qtl
1. Out of the Godown Issue Price of Rs. 1160 per qtl (at all PDCs), an amount of Rs. 911.84 per qtl (SI. No. 1 & 2) shall directly be deposited to the Stockist Account by concerned District Officers on or before 15th of the subsequent month or after receipt of the consignment. The remaining amount of Rs 248.16 per qtl (SI. No. 3-6) will be deposited to the dedicated Account of the Directorate by each District Officer on or before 15th of the subsequent month or after receipt of the consignment for payment to Stockist against Handling commission, loading & unloading and transportation charges.
2. Each Stockist shall submit month-wise bill for claim of expenditure incurred for Handling commission, Loading & unloading and transportation charges of the GHH Scheme (SI. No. 3-5).
3. The Transportation charges against each Stockist will be worked out on the basis of quantity transported, distance as per rate proposed at SI. No. (i) a & b above.
4. The respective District shall fix the End Retail Price for FPS basing on Godown Issue Price at PDC (Rs 1160/qtl) taking into account the Transportation, Loading & Unloading, FPS Handling Commission as per the proposed rate at SI. No. (i) a & b above in consultation with respective District Administration. This is to enable FPS to recover their expenditure from the beneficiaries and no further payment will be made to the FPS dealers by the Department.
