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No 95350/Q/DDGCS/Policy As per

Distribution List

Please refer the following: (a) (b) (c)

General. Dac 43416 3499

PURCHASE OF MONTHLY ENTITLEMENT OF GROCERY AND LIQUOR FROM CSD CANTEEN IN ADVANCE

3. under: Integrated HQ of MoD (Army) Quartermaster General’s Branch Canteen Services Dte CS Dte letter No 96219/Q/DDGCS dated 07 Oct 2022. CS Dte letter No 95350/Q/DDGCS/Policy dated 18 Feb 2019. CS Dte letter No 95350/Q/DDGCS/POLICY dated 27 June 2019.’ West Block-3 Wing-III, R.K. Puram, New Delhi-110066 Oct 2022 19

(a) CSD beneficiaries could draw monthly entitlement of liquor from URCs in advance (two months entitlement in one month) till 2018. However, this facility was withdrawn vide CS Dte letter No 95350/Q/DDGCS/Policy dated 27 June 2019.

(b) After due deliberations, discussions with all stakeholders and validation of technical parameters, it has been decided to allow purchase of two months entitlement of liquor and grocery in a single month (where required), to all CSD beneficiaries wef 01 Jan 2023.

Implementation Modalities. 20/10/04 Distribution List HQ Northern Command (OL) HQ Eastern Command (OL) HQ Central Command (OL) HO ARTRAC (Q) Modalities for implementation of the same are as

(a) Liquor. Beneficiaries can draw liquor entitlement (full or part) of next month after exhausting the liquor entitlement of current month. It will have a rollover facility. For Example. If beneficiary buys full quota of Jan 2023, he can buy full or part quota of Feb 2023 in Jan 2023. In Feb 2023, he can buy balance quota of Feb 2023 (if any) and advance quota of March 2023. Accordingly, the quota will continue to rollover.

(b) Grocery. The beneficiary will be permitted to buy grocery quota as per his entitlement for two months in a single month. Rollover facility will not be available; however, it will be a cycle of two months each.

2 For Example. In Jan 2023, a beneficiary whose monthly entitlement of grocery is 5,500/- can buy grocery upto 11,000/-. Quantity permitted for individual items will also be doubled. If number of biscuit packets permitted for one month is 20, individual can buy upto 40 packets. The beneficiary can buy grocery for 11,000/- or less in Jan 2023.

3. In Feb 2023, he can buy balance quota of Feb 2023 (if any) from that card. For March 2023, the system will restart again for two months i.e March and April. The purchase will be in sets of two months each.

4. Necessary changes and modifications in the Canteen Inventory Management Software (CIMS) are being carried out to facilitate the above. Calculation of dependency and ATOL so that URCS can demand stocks correctly as per actual

5. This letter may please be disseminated to all fmns/ URCS for advance information and compliance please. SD (APS Chahal) Brig Brig CS for QMG HQ Southern Command (OL) HQ Western Command (OL) HQ South Western Command (OL) Naval HQ (PDPS)