Saturday, April 29, 2017

Banners at ration shops highlight digitization of system

Banners at ration shops highlight digitization of system

By Vyjayanthi Sriram


The ration shop on C. P. Ramaswamy Road, Alwarpet has a series of notices which feature the new schemes and digitisation of the Public Distribution System (PDS) operations.

The schemes include -rice provided as per  size of family, wheat as substitute for rice for poorer households.

The government has launched an TNPDS mobile app which offers information and services of PDS.  

Along with the smart cards that are being issued, messaging services have been initiated.

There is a web site that also guides you on how to get a ration card and related issues.

Mohan, a  staff at this ration shop says, “These initiatives are for making the system more transparent and user-friendly.”


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