STATE TIMES NEWS
JAMMU: Member Legis-lative Assembly (MLA) Jammu East, Rajesh Gupta sought details from the concerned Ministry regarding the details of black marketing/ irregularities detected and action taken against the concerned especially the black marketing of kerosene and its use by the commercial vehicles in the State.
In answer to this, the Minister Incharge Department of Food Civil Supplies and Consumer Affairs said that the Department has taken a number of steps for checking the black marketing of the essential commodities and registered a number of cases.
The detailed statistics were also provided to the MLA.
Rajesh also asked about the requirements and imports of food grains in the State during the past three years as also in the current year and the reasons for shortage and irregular supply.
Rajesh Gupta also sought details of the procurement of wheat and paddy, name of the procurement agency and places where procurement centres were set up.
The concerned minister gave the details regarding the imports of food grains and said that the department directly procured food grains from FCI.
