- Foodgrains distributed through PDS can henceforth be collected from private retail shops
- Move by Department of Food and Civil Supplies is aimed at curbing monopoly of fair price outlet owners
- As part of a pilot project 300 PDS card holders to collected their foodgrains from FoodWorld departmental stores
- Depending on the success of the pilot project the scheme will be extended to other private retails outlets
- Read at: http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/pds-grain-through-retail-chains-soon/article5987727.ece
Exams Perspective:
- PDS
- MSP
- PDS Reforms
- Fairprice shops