Chhattisgarh State Civil Supplies Corporation, under the public distribution system of the State has issued instructions to maintain the quality of food grains stored in all the fair price shops in accordance to the prescribed standards.
In a circular issued by the Managing Director of the Corporation Umesh Agrawal to all the district managers, it has been said that the Corporation, for the distribution of food grains under the various schemes of the Government, has stored them in the fair price shops. The quality of food grains being stored should be as per the prescribed standard and only clean and hygienic food grains should be stored in the FPS.
It was said in the circular that storage of food grains starts after 10th of every month, hence the stocks to be sent in the coming month should be selected on priority. The selection should be done jointly by in-charge of the Centre concerned, Junior Technical Assistant and Branch Manager concerned. Sample of the selected stake should be kept secured as per the instructions. Separate register should be maintained for that.
The Technical Assistant concerned and In-charge of the Centre should ensure that the stakes selected for distribution is in accordance to the rules. Quality of the stakes should be according to the standards. If the stakes were affected by insects, the branch manager concerned should be informed at the time of selection, so that proper treatment could be done before storing at FPS.
If any complaints related to the quality of food grains stored in the FPS were received, the Technical Assistant concerned and Centre In-charge will be responsible for that. All the district food controllers and food officers have been asked for regular monitoring of the FPS.