SHILLONG, Feb 23: The independent inquiry commission headed by Justice (retd) Mool Chand Garg, which is conducting an inquiry into the alleged rice scam in the state, is examining the feedback received from beneficiaries which was submitted before the panel recently.
A government source said that two teams visited the state from February 16 to 19. One team visited Garo Hills while the other team inspected several areas in Khasi-Jaintia Hills region.
The two teams visited several Integrated Child Development Services (ICDS) centres and held discussions with child development project officers.
The teams provided a set of questionnaires and the beneficiaries were asked to submit their feedback based on the questions.
The source also revealed that the probe committee is likely to seek an extension.
Last year, the inquiry panel held a virtual hearing and a couple of social activists had deposed before the Commission.
The state government had constituted the one-man committee to shed light on the alleged rice scam that was unearthed after the Assam Police seized one lakh rice bags each weighing 50 kg from a private godown in Boko, in June last year.
The probe was announced on June 28.
The committee was tasked with presenting a report on the rice allotted to Milkose (India) Limited for the Supplementary Nutrition Programme (SNP) as well as the quality and testing of fortified SNP food items that are supplied to children, pregnant and lactating women in Meghalaya under the ICDS scheme.
