Complaints about entries on the priority list prepared under the National Food Security Act will be considered even after the distribution of new ration cards, Minister for Food and Civil Supplies P. Thilothaman has said.
Replying to a submission of A.N. Shamseer on the anomalies in the priority list in the Assembly on Thursday, Mr. Thilothaman said the list had been subjected to scrutiny at various levels, but in the wake of complaints, the government would weed out the ineligible even after issuing the new ration cards. Mr. Shamseer said the ineligible had found a place on the list at the cost of poor eligible beneficiaries and it should be rectified.
Quality of TV serials
Cultural Affairs Minister A.K. Balan, in reply to a submission of K.V. Abdul Khader on the need for ascertaining the quality of serials being aired by television channels, said the content was being monitored and complaints addressed by the Union Information and Broadcasting Ministry, but the State government would examine whether it could frame a legislation to ensure the quality of programmes.
Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan, in reply to a submission of P.T. Thomas on need for including elected representatives in the governing council of the Greater Cochin Development Authority and also that of the Kochi Mobility Hub, said the rules for constituting the council of the mobility hub do not have provisions to include the local MLA as well as the Kochi Mayor and district panchayat president.
The government would nominate all the three to the GCDA executive council and thus they would be able to attend its executive council too, Mr. Vijayan said.
Angamaly bypass
Appraisal of the detailed project report for the Angamaly bypass would be done once the Public Works Department accorded administrative sanction for the project, Finance Minister T.M. Thomas Isaac told Rogy M. John.
Industries Minister A.C. Moideen, while replying to a submission of Thiruvanchoor Radhakrishnan on the dissolution of the governing committee of the Indian Coffee Board Workers Cooperative Society, said the dissolution of the board and appointment of administrator were done as per norms. He alleged that quotation gangs were being used to cover up irregularities and corruption in society.
