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Bhopal, Nov 1 (IANS) Aiming to bring transparency to the public distribution system (PDS), the Madhya Pradesh government is to involve the consumers in checking the quantity and quality of foodgrains in PDS shops every month, an official said.
The changes are being implemented under the amended Distribution and Control Order, state Principal Secretary (Food and Civil Supplies) Ashok Das told IANS.
'Foolproof arrangements of vigilance and checking are being made under which every PDS shop in the rural as well as urban areas will be checked every month. The checking will be undertaken under a roster for which the district collectors have been made directly responsible,' Das told IANS.
The collectors, Das said, will ensure checking of fair price shops at least once every month while the executive staff of the revenue, food and cooperative departments will undertake the checking under a roster fixed by the state government.
The collectors will also review and inspect reports of lifting and distribution of quota of food grains, sugar, kerosene and other PDS commodities every month.
Besides, new vigilance committees will be constituted at fair price shops, development blocks, district and state levels, and the existing ones will be made more effective.
'The most important arrangement in the new public distribution system is that now even consumers will be able to take part in this process. They can check the quantity and quality of food grains,' said the official.
Copyright Indo-Asian News Service
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Date: 11/1/2009 2:17:24 AM
namjoshiIt will be better if officers concerned are honest and the Minister too. Due to dishonesty of these persons now consumer is being added to inspect and the result will be that goons in the cities will inspect the shops and will blackmail the shopkeepers.Shopkeeper has its limit to bribe the authorities. What happened during Deepavali was the officers had vehement checking of food stuffs and crackers and after satisfaction of the pockets and belly the checking was all of a sudden stopped.