Arunfcs.gov.in Website Review

Arunachal Pradesh, the land of rising sun is spread over an area of 83,743 sq km. It has common international boundary with Bhutan, China and Myanmar. It has also common boundary with its neighbouring states of As*am and Nagaland. The vastness of the state having limited surface communication has at times put challenging task before the Food & Civil Supply department, especially during monsoon season when surface communications get disrupted. Inspite of all such hurdles, the department has always delivered to the consumers. To meet the food requirement of interior locations in the past, air sorties were operated under CPO Scheme, by the Indian Air Force. There were as many as 40 CPO centres and the people, specially the government employees were fed through these CPO centres. The Indian Air Force planes were deployed to drop the essential commodities in the far flung CPO centres from air bases at Jorhat, Mohanbari and Tezpur in As*am. In due course of time, when road communication linked up some prominent district hqs., air bases were shifted to three Forward Focal Points (FFP) within Arunachal Pradesh viz. Ziro, Along and Pasighat from where helicopter operations started functioning which reduced the cost of air operation. However, fixed wing places continued its operation from Jorhat and Mohanbari air bases. With the gradual development of in the forward areas which will also be taken over by PDS once road communication connects all the locations. The department of Food & Kerosene oil, LPG under various Govt. of India scheme under Public Distribution System. Essential commodities are distributed through Fair Price Shops to the identified beneficiaries under the following categories : - APL (Above Poverty Line), BPL (Below Poverty Line), AAY (Antyodaya Anna Yojana) and Annapurna. APL families are issued with pink ration cards, BPL families with dark green ration cards, AAY families with yellow ration cards and Annapurna beneficiaries with light green ration cards.