Get ration cards at citizen centres
Times Of India: Citizens will soon be able to apply for and collect ration cards from citizen facilitation centres (CFCs) run by the Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC). The service will be introduced at eight such centres initially.
The move is aimed at streamlining the process of issuing the cards. The food distribution and supply office (FDO), which issued over 1 lakh cards in 2007, faces difficulty in handling the enormous volume of applications. Besides, residents of the distant suburbs also find it troublesome to travel to the FDO to obtain ration cards.
“We have decided to decentralise the application and distribution procedures of ration cards to simplify the process and bring down the waiting period,” Pradeep Patil, food distribution and supply officer, Pune, said. “We approached the PMC in this regard and the process of issuing of cards will now be undertaken jointly.”
In the first phase, eight CFCs – located in Shivajinagar, Yerwada, Kasba Peth, Ghole road, Bhavani Peth, Aundh, Vishrambaugwada and Tilak road – will offer the facility. Residents of the respective areas will be able to apply for and collect their ration cards from these centres. “Trials will begin soon at these centres, while the actual services will start in the next few weeks,” Patil stated.
“The FDO will collect the applications from the CFCs daily. After being scrutinised by our officials, the cards will be issued at the CFCs. This will reduce the burden faced by the FDO. Besides, citizens will get the cards in their own localities,” Patil further said.
The services were launched at CFCs in Pimpri-Chinchwad last month, he added.
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