Chhattisgarh Government has issued allotment of 50,000 quintal of grams to fair price shops for distribution to BPl ration card holder families in scheduled areas, under Public Distribution System (PDS) of Food, Civil Supply and Consumer Protection Department.
Under gram distribution scheme, families of Antyoday and priority category are provided monthly supply of 2 kg gram at `5 per kg.
As per the allotment orders, 5,155 quintal has been allotted to Korba district, 4,901 to Sarguja district, 4,436 to Bastar district, 4,372 to Jashpur district, 3,740 to Surajpur district, 3,599 quintal to Raigarh district, 3,239 quintal to Bilaspur district, 3,173 quintal to Balrampur-Ramanujganj district, 3,112 to North Bastar (Kanker), 2,975 quintal to Koriya district, 2,514 quintal to Kondagaon district, 1,841 quintal to Gariaband district, 1,406 to South Bastar (Dantewada), 1,229 quintal for Bijapur district, 1,205 quintal to Sukma district, 1,191 quintal to Rajnandgaon district, 850 quintal to Dhamtari district, 644 quintal to Balod district, 506 quintal to Narayanpur district, and 50-50 kg of grams have been allotted to Mungeli and Mahasamund districts.