In a bid to strengthen the Public Distribution System (PDS), as many as 2,653 fair price shops have been opened in the State in past 11 years including 66 new shops in 2014-15. With this the total fair price shops in the PDS system in the State has gone up to 11,111.

Officials claim that Chhattisgarh is a model State in Public Distribution System (PDS), which is transparent and ration are provided on schedule. Officials of Food, Civil Supply and Consumer Protection Department said that the State Government had implemented the Public Distribution System (Control) Order on December 23, 2004 to monitor the allotments to the fair price shops and for timely lifting and distribution of ration.

To provide ration to the beneficiaries every month, there are 11,111 fair price shops in the State. This includes 9,795 shops in rural areas and 1,316 shops in urban areas. The gram panchayats are operating 4,083 shops while cooperative societies are operating 4,361 shops. Besides this 2,458 shops are being run by the women Self Help Groups (SHG), 152 shops by Forest Protection Societies and 56 shops are being run by the urban bodies.

At present there are 771 shops in Raigarh, 763 in Rajnandgaon, 756 shops in Bilaspur, 622 in Janjgir-Champa, 578 in Durg, 565 in Raipur, 522 in Mahasamund, 515 shops in Baloda Bazar-Bhatapara, 424 in Jashpur, 415 in Korba, 414 in Balod and  403 shops each in Kanker and Surajpur.

Similarly 394 fair price shops are being run in Surguja, 388 in Kabirdham, 375 in Bastar, 356 in Bemetara, 345 in Balrampur-Ramanujganj, 314 shops each in Gariaband and Mungeli districts, 299 in Koriya, 278 in Kondagaon, 171 in Bijapur, 142 in Sukma, 136 in Dantewada and 76 fair price shops are being run in  Narayanpur district.