Jammu and Kashmir Relief Organisation Rebuts Misleading Report on Migrant Ration Distribution

JAMMU, April 27, 2026 — The Jammu and Kashmir Relief Organisation has issued a strong rebuttal to a local news report published on April 26, clarifying that the distribution of ration for Kashmiri and Jammu migrants remains fully operational and consistent with official government schemes.

The department criticized the published report for presenting an incomplete picture and creating unwarranted propaganda regarding the Special Relief Ration Scheme.

Official records confirm that the Food, Civil Supplies & Consumer Affairs Department is actively distributing supplies across all 32 designated depots in the Jammu district, including the Jagti Mini Township, which serves over five thousand migrant families under established legal frameworks.

The organisation clarified that all relief ration card holders continue to receive their entitled 11 kg of free ration per person per month, along with 1 kg of sugar, while non-relief categories such as pensioners receive supplies at government-approved rates.

A major integration project has successfully merged migrant ration cards into the National Food Security Act database, a move that has already allowed hundreds of families to access broader social sector benefits without changing the existing scale of distribution.

Authorities reiterated that these updates were made in compliance with specific 2026 government orders and that the concerns raised in the media were unfounded, misleading, and published without verifying the official facts.