(1) Subject to provisions contained under the Act, the Government shall constitute or revamp the Targeted Public Distribution System of the related District, Block and FPL level Advisory Committees as Vigilance Committees. The Vigilance Committee shall be constituted at State, District, Block and Fair Price Shops Level.
(2) The Vigilance Committee shall consist of the following members and be in existence for three years from its constitution.
(a) State Level Vigilance Committee
(i) Minister, Food, Supplies & Consumer Welfare, Odisha – Chairperson
(ii) Secretary, Food Supplies & Consumer Welfare - Member Convener Members
(iii) Chief Secretary, Odisha
(iv) Development Commissioner, Odisha
(v) Secretary, Panchayati Raj Department, Odisha
(vi) Secretary, Housing & Urban Development, Odisha
(vii) Secretary, Rural Development, Odisha
(viii) Secretary, Cooperation Department, Odisha
(ix) Registrar of Cooperative Societies, Odisha
(x) Two persons having established record of working in the fields of food, food safety, nutrition, public distribution system to be nominated by the Government.
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(b) District Level Vigilance Committee
(i) Chairperson, Zilla Parishad– Chairperson
(ii) District Collector – Member Convener Members
(iii) Hon’ble Members of Parliament of the District or their representatives
(iv) Hon’ble MLAs of the District or their representatives
(v) Two members of Zilla Parishad , provided one of the members shall be woman, to be nominated by Zilla Parishad.
(vi) Three Chairpersons of Blocks and one Chairperson of Urban Local Body, provided that there shall be one member belonging to the Scheduled Caste, and one member belonging to Scheduled Tribe, to be nominated by the Collector.
(vii) Additional District Magistrate in charge of Targeted Public Distribution System.
(viii) Project Director, District Rural Development Agency
(ix) Civil Supplies Officer
(x) Two representatives of Voluntary Consumer Organisations or Non- Governmental Organisations working on consumer protection activities, to be nominated by the Collector.
(xi) Two persons having established record of working in the fields of food, food safety, nutrition, public distribution system, to be nominated by the Revenue Divisional Commissioner.
(c) Block level Vigilance Committee
(i) Chairperson of the Block –Chairperson
(ii) Block Development Officer – Member Convener Members
(iii) Hon’ble Member of Parliament of the area concerned or his representative.
(iv) Hon’ble Member(s) of Legislative Assembly having jurisdiction over the Block .
(v) Sub-Collector of the Sub-Division 16
(vi) One Panchayat Samiti Member to be nominated by the Panchayat Samiti.
(vii) Two Sarapanch to be nominated by the Block Development Officer
(viii) Marketing Inspector or Inspector of Supplies
(ix) Four consumers of whom at least one shall be a woman and one from Scheduled Caste or Scheduled Tribe Community to be nominated by the Block Development Officer.
(x) One representative of a Voluntary Consumer organization to be nominated by the Block Development Officer.
(xi) Two representatives of Women Self Help Groups other than Targeted Public Distribution System licensees to be nominated by the Block Development Officer.
Hon’ble Memebrs of Parliament and Hon’ble Members of Legislative Assembly may depute their representatives to attend the Block level meetings.
(d) Town Level Vigilance Committee
(i) Chairperson of the Urban Local Body / - Chairperson Mayor of the Corporation
(ii) Municipal Commissioner or Executive – Member Convener officer of the Municipality Members
(iii) Hon’ble Member of Parliament or his representative
(iv) Hon’ble Member (s) of Legislative Assembly
(v) Sub-Collector of the Sub division
(vi) 2/4/5ward councilors for municipality or Urban Local Bodies up to 16, 16-20 and above 20 wards respectively to be nominated by Urban Local Bodies .
(vii) One representative of a Voluntary Consumer organization to be nominated by the Collector.
(viii) One representative of Women Self Help Group other than Public Distribution System licensee to be nominated by Collector.
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(ix) Three consumers of whom at least one shall be a woman and one from Scheduled Caste or Scheduled Tribe Community to be nominated by Collector.
(x) Assistant Civil Supplies Officer concerned
(xi) Marketing Inspector or Inspector of Supplies
(e) Grama Panchayat Level Vigilance Committee
(i) Sarapanch of the Grama Panchayat concerned - Chairperson
(ii) Panchayat Executive Officer – Member Convener Members
(iii) Samiti Member of the concerned Grama Panchayat.
(iv) All Ward members of Grama Panchayat.
(v) Four literate consumers from the Grama Panchayat of which at least one shall be woman and one from Scheduled Caste or Scheduled Tribe community to be nominated by the Grama Panchayat
(vi) One leading Self Help Group’s nominated by the Block Development Officer
(vii) One representative of a Women Self Help Group other than a Public Distribution System licensee Women Self Help Group from the Gram Panchayat area to be nominated by the Block Development Officer.
(viii) One voluntary consumer organization or Non- Governmental Organisation active in the field of consumer protection from the Grama Panchayat to be nominated by the Block Development Officer.
(ix) One representative of concerned Member of Legislative Assembly
(x) One consumer from each of the Fair Price Shop areas to be nominated by Member of Legislative Assembly.
(f) Ward Level Vigilance Committee
(i) Corporator or Councilor of the Ward within - Chairperson and Convener which Fair Price Shop is situated Members
(ii) Councilors of other Wards if any, whose areas are serviced by the Fair Price Shops.
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(iii) Four literate consumers from the area of operation of the Fair Price Shop of whom at least one shall be woman and one from Scheduled Caste or Scheduled Tribe community to be nominated by the Urban Local Body
(iv) One leading SHG’s nominated by Municipal Commissioner or Executive Officer.
(v) One representative of a WSHG to be nominated by the Municipal Commissioner or Executive Officer of the concerned Urban Local Body.
(vi) One Voluntary Consumer organization or Non-Governmental Organization active in the field of consumer protection to be nominated by the Executive Officer.
(vii) One representative of concerned Member of Legislative Assembly.
(viii) One consumer from each of the Fair Price Shop area to be nominated by Hon’ble Member of Legislative Assembly:
Provided that in every vigilance committee constituted in this subrule, the representation of the members belonging to the scheduled Castes, Scheduled Tribes, women and destitute persons with disability shall be ensured.
(3) The Vigilance Committees shall meet at least once in every quarter of a calendar year.
(4) The Vigilance Committees shall perform such functions and have such powers as are specified under section 29 of the Act.