Tag : CATS-UPSIC

Lucknow: Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath highlighted on Friday that prior to 2017, the state witnessed a 'food grain scam', where the underprivileged were deprived of their essential food supplies in various districts. "As soon as our government came to power in the state, we conducted raids on all the 80,000 fair-price ration shops in the state simultaneously, exposing 30 lakh fake ration cards. Although ration was being issued in their names, those in need were not receiving it," he added. The Chief Minister launched a software (CATS-UPSIC) and a mobile app (Complaint and Appeal Tracking System, U.P. State Information Commission) at RTI Bhawan, Lucknow, to facilitate the e-filing and online hearing of complaints and second appeals of the State Information Commission. During this, he said, "UP's public distribution system is presently the best in the country." "He mentioned that currently, a large number of people in the state are getting food grains from ration shops at fair rates without any shortage or delay. This is resulting in an annual saving of Rs. 1200 crore for the state government," as per a press release from the Chief Minister's office. Yogi further added that technology can become a powerful medium to bring changes in a person's life. With the launch of this software and mobile app, no person will have to physically come to the State Information Commission office for their complaints. "Expressing his happiness, he said that today Uttar Pradesh has become the first state in the country whose Information Commission has its own software and app for the redressal of complaints," as per the release. "In the last three years, the UP Information Commission has resolved more than 110,000 cases, with 85,000 new cases coming to lig ...