Beneficiaries of PDS

As approved by GoI (42.52% of total

families)
BPL

11.56 lacs

Antyodaya

7.19 lacs

Annapoorna

0.26 lacs
-------------19.01 lacs
--------------

Total

MKSY beneficiaries
Included by the GoCG in 2007
Last two BPL survey

11 55 lacs
11.55

Old and destitute

1.56 lacs

Disabled

0 31 lacs
0.31

PTG

0.15 lacs
------------13.53 lacs

(1991, 1997) left-out families

Total

------------minimized Now 68%

Exclusion errors thus minimized.
families included
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Entitlement (per month)

35 kg foodgrains (Rs 1/1/-kg to AAY, rest
all Rs 2/2/-kg)
2 kg iiodized
i
salt
3 litres kerosene
1 3 kg sugar
1.3
to all 32. 45 lacs BPL cardholders and
1 kg gram to 4.5 lac BPL families of
Bastar Dn
3

Iodized Salt
In scheduled areas, the
local
population
had
traditionally been exploited
for salt (in barter system)
Govt included iodized salt
as a PDS item
it
i January,
in
J
2004
2 kg iodized salt provided
free per month
Three rakes of iodized salt
procured from Gujarat
every month
4

Black Gram
In 5 districts of Bastar
malnutrition is rampant
Govt added black gram as
a PDS item in May, 2011
1 kg black gram provided
per month @ Rs 5
Supplied
from
12
warehouses of Bastar to
all 1,512 PDS shops in
Bastar
5

PDS in Chhattisgarh -

Challenge to distribute fairly every monthmonth1,20, 000 tons of Rice

28 000 tons of Wheat
28,000
15.5 million litres of kerosene
6,300 tons of iodized salt
4,170 tons of sugar, per month
to 32
32.60
60 lac cardholders
Note :

Total subsidy of State & Central Govt

R 3000 cr per year
Rs
6

Historical Baggage
Limited reach
Delay in monthly allocation
Delay in lifting and transportation
Diversion/leakages
Fake ration cards
Unviable to run FPS, honestly
Lack of accountability at all levels
Lack of community participation
Lack of transparency
7

Legal Reforms
De--Privatization
De
New PDS Control Order issued in
December, 2004
Cancellation of privately run 2,872 FPS
400 petitions lodged in the Honble High
Court
The Government won in Sep, 2005
8

Structural Reforms
(1) Outreach
No. of FPS increased from
No.
8,492 to 10,
10,832 One in each
Gram Panchayat
Co--operative Societies 4,322
Co
G
Gram
P
Panchayats
h
t

4,004

Women SHGs

2,324

FPCs

153

ULB
ULBs

19

--------------TOTAL

------ 10
10,,832
9

Structural Reforms (Contd

Contd)
)
i
(2) Upward linkage
State
St t started
t t d Decentralized
D
t li d Procurement
P
t off
paddy in the year 2002
Since then, procurement of paddy has gone
up from 14
14..74 LMT to 51
51..15 LMT in the year
2010--11.
2010
11.
This has ensured timely/adequate availability
of locally grown rice all over the State
State..
It has also helped the rural economy grow
robust..
robust
13

Structural Reforms (Contd

Contd)
)
(3)Aailability & Door step delivery

pp y of commodities to FPS byy 6th

Ensured supply
of every month
Ci il Supplies
S
li
C
ti
Civil
Corporation
(CSC) now
making door step delivery of commodities to
almost all the FPS at no extra cost through
750 trucks
Elimination of multiple agencies in lifting
and transportation of PDS commodities
Once the commodity reaches the village,
chances of its pilferage reduced drastically
14

Structural Reforms (Contd

Contd)
)
(4) Strengthening of PDS infrastructure
4000 shop
shop--cum
cum--godown bldgs (35
3
tons) constructed out of BRGF,
tribal
t ib l dev
d authority,
th it 12
12th
th finance
fi
commission, IAP funds
1800 shopshop
h -cumcum-godowns
d
are
sanctioned/under construction
2,500 FPS bldgs still hired
Tanks and drums provided to
shops by State Government
Government..
Kerosene storage
g now 9,500 KL
(States quota 15,
15,575 KL)
12

Strengthening PDS infrastructure (contd.)

Powers delegated to district
i i
collectors to allot land to State
W
Ware-housing
h i
C
Corporation
ti
att
75% of the guide-line rates.
Lease rent reduced by 50%
Own capacity of SWC in 2009
was 5.12 LMT
Now total own capacity of
SWC has increased to 5.98
LMT
Forty
eight
godowns of
capacity 1.00
1 00 LMT nearing
completion

16

(contd )
Strengthening PDS infrastructure (contd.)

Now
PDS
commodities
being
distributed to 10
10,,832 FPS through 119
PDS distribution centres
Plan to open new distribution centres
f each
h Development
D l
Bl k
one for
Block
Another
A
h 46 godowns
d
off capacity
i 0.84
0 84
LMT under construction
14

Improving Economic viability of FPS

Commission on FPS food grains revised from Rs.
8 per quintal to Rs.
Rs 30 per quintal (State bears an
extra burden of app. Rs. 40 crores per year)
St t Government
State
G
t provided
id d (in
(i 2005) Rs.
R 42
crores (50-75,000 per shop) as interest free seed
capital. Being recovered @ Rs. 200/- per month
One month credit facility
provided to all FPS
yp
Consequently, monthly profit of an average FPS
increased from Rs.
Rs 700 to Rs.
Rs 4,000
4 000 pm
(Calculation Sheet)
Th platform
l f
d ready
d for
f technology
h l
i
i
Thus
made
intervention
18

Process Reforms
Main features
(1) Unified ration card database
(2) Automated Allotment
(3) Submission of FPS sales details
through statutory declaration
(4) Food Inspector Module
(5) FPS Inspection
(6) WebWeb-based application at
distribution centers
(7) Truck dispatch information
through SMS
(8) Truck Photograph to replace
gate pass
16

Process Reforms (Contd

Contd)
)
(1) Unified ration card database
All old ration cards cancelled in
2007
New CustomCustom-made ration card
f
for
each
h family
f il by
b centralized
t li d
printing
New ration cards with hologram
and Bar code
Distributed in public/ gram
sabha
Ration card database now
maintained through web
web--based
module
Helped
in deduplication
p
p
(2.80
lacs ration cards cancelled)
17

Process Reforms (Contd

Contd)
)
(2) Automated Allotment
An FPS database with attached ration card details has
enabled automated allotment by entering per card
parameters
pa
a ete s every
eve y month
month.
o t . Allotment
ot e t made
ade eve
everyy month
o t
on the 1st, for the next month
month.. Feeding for next month
starts from 20th
20th
Eliminated grafts involved (to get excess allotment) in
manual allocation
Eliminated delay in communication of allotment
details to the FPS
Communication of manual allotment to FPS used to
t k 14 days,
d
hil online
li allocation
ll ti
t k only
l one
take
while
takes
hour (NISG)
18

Process Reforms (Contd

Contd)
)
(3) Submission of FPS sales through declaration

Declaration by FPS
made compulsory.
compulsory. New
allocation considering
g balance of
the closing
FPS
Physical verification of
stocks of 1/3rd FPS on
the basis of submitted
declaration
19

Process Reforms (Contd

Contd)
)
((4)) Food Inspector
p
Module ((under implementation)
p
)

Each Food Inspector (FI) has jurisdiction

over certain number of Fair Price shops
FI has been made responsible for collection,
eendorsement
do se e
and
d eentryy o
of declarations
dec
o s
submitted by FPS through FI Module
FI made directly accountable to
performance of FPS in his jurisdiction

the
23

Process Reforms (Contd

Contd)
)
(5) Web
Web--- based application at 108 distribution centers
centers..

A operations
All
i
through a
web based application
application..
100 VSAT network on lease
Broadband/USB
connectivity in other places
Up--to
Up
to--date lifting info
Real
time
inventory
management
Computerized receipt
24

Process Reforms (Contd

Contd)
)
(6) Truck dispatch information through SMS
SMS messages automatically sent whenever truck
challans are printed for FPS at the distribution centre

Sample SMS
Shop
p 442003100
442003100//Baktara
Baktara,, Truck CG 09 B0791,
0791, Rice
Rice::
198..1 qtl
198
qtl.. Sugar 7.12 qtl.
qtl. Salt:
Salt: 10
10..96 qtl.
qtl. Date 2nd Jan 11
15::49.
15
49.
Any citizen can register his mobile number on citizen
interface web site and get SMS free (cg.
(cg.nic.
nic.in/citizen)
No.. of SMSs dispatched so far 2,01,
No
01,938
Panchnama at
commodities

FPS

duringg

unloadingg

of

PDS
22

Process Reforms (Contd

Contd)
)
d tracking
ki
(7) GPS b
based
GPS based PDS trucktruck-trackingg
system started in six districts
namely Raipur,
Raipur Mahasamund
Mahasamund,,
Bilaspur,,
Bilaspur

Surguja
Surguja,,

Raigarh
Raigarh,,

Kabirdham and Rajnandgaon on

pilot basis
Truck photograph with latitude
and longitude started on pilot
basis at two places for interinterwarehouse commodity movement
23

Transparency & Community Participation

All trucks coloured yellow

Call centre
Citi
t l
Citizen
portal
Chawal utsav ((Rice Festival))
27

Transparency & Community Participation (Contd

(Contd)
)

(1) Yellow trucks carrying PDS commodities

28

Transparency & Community Participation (Contd)

(2) Call centre & Complaint Monitoring System

A call centre to lodge complaints or for any
inquiry,
q y with toll free number 1800
1800--233
233--3663
3663..
Operational between 10
10..30 AM and 5.30 PM on
all working days, since 21st January, 2008
Call centre number displayed at every FPS
Complaints lodged are entered in a web
web--based
application and monitored in real time
Grievance redressal status is available online in
public
i domain
i
26

Transparency & Community Participation (Contd

(Contd)
)
5154 complaints lodged so far
5054 inquiries completed
l i t found
f
d correctt
1522 complaints
55 FIRs lodged
108 arrests made
45 FPS cancelled
1984.5 tons of food grain
((costingg Rs. 4 million))
confiscated
30

Transparency & Community Participation (Contd)

(4) Chawal Utsav (Rice
Festival)
Chawal Utsav celebrated
at each FPS on 7th of the
month
PDS commodities

distri
distri-buted in presence of
vigilance
committee
g
members
and
Nodal
Officer appointed
pp
byy the
Collector
Sizeable sales of the month
during Chawal Utsav

28

Political/Bureaucratic will
District Collectors, Food Officers
and DM,, CSC assessment based on
performance in PDS
Surprise inspection by highest
authorities (including the Chief
Minister)
Performance Index

25% marks for declaration entry

25%
16%
16
% marks for FPS verification
17%
17
% marks for lifting
25%
25
% marks for rice festival
celebration
17%
17
% marks for complaint redressal

District

Grade

Mahasamund

Green

Dhamtari

Green

Jashpur

Saffron

Kavardha

Saffron

Surguja

Saffron

Raipur

Saffron

Raigarh

Saffron

Janjgir

Blue

Koriya

Blue

Durg

Blue

Bilaspur

Blue

Korba

Blue

Bastar

Blue

Kanker

Blue

Rajnandgaon

Blue

Dantewada

Yellow
33

Kerosene Computerization - under

implementation
Each FPS will be given a Smart card identity
Each Kerosene Truck will be given a Point of Sale
(POS) device with Smart card reader,
reader GPS and
GPRS

30

Smart Card Swiping when Kerosene

received by FPS
The smart card of FPS can
be swiped and number of
i
i
litres
delivered
to FPS
entered using numeric key
pad
The smart card swiping
will confirm that FPS
owner
received
the
Kerosene on the said dayy
and time at the FPS

31

INITIATIVE
142 Dal Bhat Kendra
started
in 2004
2004,, where a
person can eatt to
t his
hi
satisfaction for Rs.
Rs. 5
Started mostly in urban/
semi urban areas at bus
bus-stands railway stations,
stands,
stations
hospitals, courts etc
A
Around
20,,000 persons are
20
getting benefited every day
State Government provides
rice @ 6.25 per kg.
kg., free
connection cooker &
LPG connection,
utensils

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