Mizoram starts lifting FCI rice for distribution among 40,000 refugees, displaced

Mizoram food, civil supplies & consumer affairs (FCS&CA) dept has started lifting FCI rice for distribution among 40,000 refugees and internally displaced people in the state.

A senior FCS&CA official told TOI Monday that the foodgrain will be stored in its warehousesin all the district HQ. Arrangements have been made for its distribution, home dept officials said.

FCS&CA dept will be lifting 1,379.34 metric tonnes of rice worth Rs 5 crore as humanitarian assistance for the refugees and the displaced taking shelter in Mizoram. The MHA will make the payment of Rs 5 crore to the ministry of food and public distribution. ccording to the latest report, the state has about 33,004 refugees from Myanmar and 2,014 from Bangladesh. There has been a dip in the number of internally displaced people from Manipur with only a little over 4,200 remaining in the state.

This article has been republished from The Times of India