Food and Civil Supplies department has no info on raids on hoarders

Times of India: Mumbai: Sunday, 06 December 2015.

The Food and Civil supplies department of Maharashtra government does not have any details of raids conducted on dal hoarders, a Right to Information Act query has revealed.

Activist Anil Galgali said that though the government has claimed to have cracked down on hoarders and conducted several raids in view of the skyrocketing prices of pulses, no details of the action were available.

To his query under the RTI, the department's reply was it doesn't maintain this record.

Galgali had sought details about pulses seized during the raids, their market price, and the criminal action taken against the concerned hoarders.

In reply, under secretary and information officer Praveen Nalawade said the details such as quantity of dal seized, fines imposed, etc., were with the concerned police stations and records are kept by Collector and Controller of Rationing.

Citing a government circular of September 6, 2008, the officer said he is not bound to collect this information.