Relief commissioner reviews ration distribution for migrants in Jammu

Relief & Rehabilitation Commissioner (M), J&K Dr Arvind Karwani, accompanied by Deputy Commissioner Relief Vijay Sharma; Deputy Director Food, Civil Supplies & Consumer Affairs Jammu Sham Abrol and field officers from Relief Organisation and FCS&CA, on Thursday visited Migrant ration depots to take stock of the ration distribution in terms of the Special Relief Ration Scheme for Kashmiri/Jammu Migrants, notified by the J&K Government recently.

While interacting with a large number of migrant beneficiaries at Migrant Camp Purkhoo, the team, as per an official statement, informed that ration distribution is being carried out by the Food, Civil Supplies & Consumer Affairs Department in accordance with the Special Relief Ration Scheme for Kashmiri/Jammu Migrants notified vide Government Order No. 15-JK(FCS&CA) of 2026 dated 05.03.2026, from all 32 designated ration depots in District Jammu and that migrant can get ration from any nearest ration depot.

“All Relief Ration Card holders, whether PHH, NPHH, or Special Category, will continue to receive 11 kg of free ration per person per month along with 1 kg of sugar, while migrants under the non-relief category, such as pensioners, categorized as NPHH, are entitled to ration at government-approved NFSA rates,” they were informed.

It was further clarified that those migrant ration card holders who may not be able to collect the ration during the current month (April) may collect the two-month ration (April and May) next month, after immediately completing e-KYC formalities.

People were asked to beware of elements who are frustrated with reforms in ration distribution introduced by the integration of migrant ration cards into the NFSA database and are spreading rumours on social media about the discontinuation of migrant status after integration into the NFSA database. “More than 450 migrant families have already availed the benefits of social security and welfare schemes after this integration, in addition to the relief benefits,” they were told.

Dr Karwani reiterated that the integration of migrant ration cards into the NFSA database is being done in compliance with relevant Government Orders and rules.

“Food, Civil Supplies & Consumer Affairs and National Informatics Centre is working in tandem with the Relief Organization and the department is committed to fully operationalize the new scheme to all migrants within the shortest time period,” he assured. He appealed to all eligible migrants to immediately fill online applications to avail benefits of social sector schemes, which they were not eligible to avail earlier due to migrant cards being non-digitized and not integrated with NFSA database.