Project to streamline PDS remains a non-starter

Digitisation of ration cards with details of over 1,000-odd fair price shops in the eight zones.

1 min readSep 23, 2012 03:12 AM IST First published on: Sep 23, 2012 at 03:12 AM IST

Project:Digitisation of ration cards with details of over 1,000-odd fair price shops in the eight zones. Pune district was to be the first in the state to implement the unique project that was to streamline the Public Distribution System. State was to allocate funds for the project.

Facility:It was supposed to revolutionise the Public Distribution System and weed out bogus ration cards. However,of the 9 lakh ration cards,only 2 lakh ration cards were checked. Though work was supposed to start in June,the verification is yet be completed.

# fair price shops
# pilot project
# Public Distribution System