NFSA to be implemented in Mizoram by February 2016

The Mizoram government has been making preparations to implement the National Food Security Scheme by February next year, said state Food, Civil Supplies and Consumer Affairs Minister John Rotluangliana today.

Rotluangliana said the scheme could not be implemented during September last, the deadline fixed by the Centre and the state government was compelled to defer the implementation for two times due to unavoidable circumstances.

He said the last attempt to implement the scheme in November fizzled out due to complaints from Opposition parties on the appointment of village-level selection committees.

Of the 1.1 million population of the state, a little over 7,06,000 people would be covered by the scheme under which each person would be entitled to receive five kgs of rice at the rate of Rs three a kg.

The state government has been making arrangements to provide food to the entire population of the state at a higher rate of Rs 15 a kg, he added.