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Goyal urges states to implement SMART-PDS system
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IANS | 02 Mar, 2023
Food and Commerce Minister Piyush Goyal on Thursday said that SMART-PDS
is a technological driven initiative and the need of hour, so all the
states should make earnest efforts to implement SMART-PDS at the
earliest.
He said this while addressing a conference of states' food ministers.
Goyal
emphasised on a transparent and accountable system, aimed at reducing
human intervention and promoting automation in the existing processes.
SMART-PDS
is a system where smart ration cards are issued to beneficiaries of
public distribution system, and ration is given through fair price shops
on production of the smart ration card by any member of the beneficiary
family.
The fingerprint template of the beneficiary is recorded in these smart ration cards, which records all transactions.
Meanwhile,
Goyal further said that transparency should be of utmost importance for
free supply chain of foodgrains under public distribution system.
On
the storage front, Goyal stated that Food Corporation of India (FCI) is
upgrading its godowns into five-star rated ones and states should
follow suit.
On settlement of pending claims of states, the
minister said that it was being done on priority basis and would be
settled immediately.
During the conference, issues related to
procurement of millets and its usage among beneficiaries of Pradhan
Mantri Garib Kalyan Anna Yojana (PMGKAY) was also discussed.
States
were urged to learn from the best practice of using millets in schemes
like ICDS, mid-day meal and PDS in Karnataka which is helpful in adding
nutrition and promoting healthy diet.
The expected procurement of
coarse grains or millets is 7.50 LMT during the Kharif marketing season
of 2022-23 (Kharif & Rabi) as against actual procurement of 6.30
LMT during Kharif marketing season of 2021-22.
Karnataka will procure 6 LMT millets (5 LMT Ragi and 1 LMT Jowar) in Kharif season of 2022-23.
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