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Article: Consumers can check PDS shops now in Madhya Pradesh
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- The Hindustan Times
- Article date:
- November 1, 2009
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Bhopal, Nov. 1 -- 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.
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