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Parent: THE NATIONAL FOOD SECURITY ACT, 2013 (e1340f8eca45fbc28f56b81c98e64a5c8090b971)

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The Odisha 3 Gazett e EXTRAORDINARY PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY No.1257, CUTTACK, THURSDAY,_ AUGUST 3, 2017/ SRA VAN 12, 1939 FOOD SUPPLIES & CONSUMER WELFARE DEPARTMENT NOTIFICATION The Ist August; 2017 No.15232-FSCW-NFS-POL-0004/2017/FSCW The following draft of certain rules which the State Government propose to make in exercise of the powers conferred by sub-sections (1) and (2) of Section 40 of the National Food Security Act; 2013 (20 of 2013) is hereby published as required by sub-section (1) of the said Section for information of all persons likely to be affected thereby and notice is hereby given that the said draft will be taken into consideration on or after expiry of a period of fifteen days from the date of their publication in the Odisha Gazette. Any objection or suggestion which may be received by the Joint Secretary to Government; Food Supplies & Consumer Welfare Department; Odisha Secretariat; Bhubaneswar, 751001 (e-mail: fcswsc@ori nic_in) with respect to the said draft before expiry of the period so specified above, will be considered by the State Government: DRAFT Chapter-| Preliminary 1. Short title and commencement: (1) These rules may be called the Odisha State Food Security (Targeted Public Distribution System) Rules, 2017 . (2) They shall come into force on the date of their publication in the Odisha Gazette. 2. Definitions: __ (1) In these rules; unless the context otherwise requires: (a) Act' means the National Food Security Act; 2013 (20 of 2013); 2 (b) Appellant" means a party which makes an appeal against the order of the District Grievance Redressal Officer; (c) "complaint" means a representation in writing or through electronic means containing a grievance with regard to distribution of entitlements under the Act; (d) "Corpus Fund" means the fun

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3 · Identification of eligible households: = The Government shall identify the households to be covered under the Antyodaya Anna Yojana in accordance with the guidelines applicable to the said scheme for the purpose of clause (a) of sub-section (1) of Section 10 of the Act.

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5 · Internal System of Grievance Redressal: _ (1) The Government shall set up an internal grievance redressal mechanism for disposal of the complaints; resolution of queries and providing information relating to the provisions of the Act to the public: (2) Without prejudice to the general provisions contained in sub-rule (1) and to facilitate redressal of grievances related to the Act, the Food Supplies & Consumer Welfare Department shall put in place call centres, toll-free helpline numbers and websites through the Departmental website and other media, as may be specified by notification by the Government: (3) The call centres shall provide support in Odia language or local dialect to the extent possible

6 · Nodal Officer: The Government shall designate Nodal Officers at Block; Municipality or Municipal Corporation level for the purpose of Internal Grievance and redressal of public complaints. The Civil Supply Officer of the District shall be designated as District Level Nodal Officer with respect to Targeted Public Distribution System Scheme: Similarly, Inspector of Supply or Marketing Inspector or Assistant Civil Supply Officer , shall be Block Level Nodal Officers for Targeted Public Distribution System Scheme:

17 · Social Audit:

1 · The local authority or any other authority authorized by the Government shall conduct or cause to be conducted periodic social audit on the functioning of Fair Price Shops after giving seven days' notice to the said Fair Price Shops and concerned authorities in accordance with such guidelines issued by the Government from time to time. (2) The objective of social audit shall be to evaluate the effective functioning of the Targeted Public Distribution System and to associate Civil Society Organizations with the supervision of Targeted Public Distribution System for better quality of service, better adherence with the defined goals and efficient utilization of resources: 18. Manner of Conduct of Social Audit: The services of Voluntary Consumer Organizations actively working for consumer protection and local NGOs with good track record shall be utilized to conduct social audit either on voluntary basis without payment of any honorarium from the Government or on payment of a fixed remuneration per social audit meeting as may be decided by the Government: (2) Voluntary Consumer Organizations and Non-Government Organizations shall be selected by the Collectors, after careful verification of their antecedents and track record for each Block and Urban Local Body: (3) Fair Price Shop-wise schedule for social audit shall be drawn up in advance jointly by the Voluntary Consumer Organization or Non-Government Organization and the Block Development Officer or Municipal Commissioner or Executive Officer. Wide publicity shall be given for social audits by the Block Development Officer of Block or Municipal Commissioner of Municipal Corporation or Executive Officer of Urban Local Body and the Voluntary Consumer Organization or Non-Government Organization to facilitate public participation. Social Audit shall be attended by Block and Fair Price Shops level Vigilance Committee members, elected PRIULB representatives, general public and members of Voluntary Consumer Organization or Non-Government Organization. At least one officer of Civil Supplies and one officer from other Departments deputed by Collector or Block Development Officer or Executive Officer of Municipality or Municipal Commissioner of Municipal Corporation shall remain present during the Social Audit and authenticate the Social Audit Report' along with the Voluntary Consumer Organization or Non-Government