To ensure adequate availability of foodgrains to the people, Government is providing sufficient quantity of foodgrains under TPDS/NFSA and OWS. During the current year, Government has provided 612.91 lakh tons of foodgrains during the current year which includes normal TPDS/NFSA allocation, additional TPDS allocation and allocation under OWS. For ensuring proper utilization of foodgrains, Government has taken up with States/UTs for implementing measures such as End-to-end Computerisation of TPDS Operations, door-step delivery of foodgrains, correct identification of beneficiaries, improve foodgrains offtake, monitoring and vigilance, improving viability of fair price shop operations etc.
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