The Chhattisgarh Government has stepped up drive for computerising the ration shops under the Public Distribution System (PDS) to obtain cent per cent results.
About 12,000 ration shops have been computerised till date to bring in transparency in its dealings. The dates of rations allocated, quantity and other details are available on the website.
The Food, Civil Supplies and Consumer Protection department officials said that to make things transparent about 12,354 ration shops are being computerized. About 11,858 ration shops have been computerised.
The officials stated that in Rajnandgaon district 868 ration shops, Bilaspur district 833 ration shops, in Raigarh district 838 shops, Janjgir-Champa district 677 ration shops, in Durg district 604 shops, Korba district 454 shops, in Kabirdham district 479 districts, Balodabazar-Batapara district 636 shops, Raipur district 587 districts, Jashpur district 440 ration shops, Mahasamund district 577 shops, Balod district 442 ration shops, Bemetara district 408 shops, Balrampur-Ramanujganj district 419 ration shops, in Mungeli district 364 ration shops, in Gariyabandh district 339 ration shops, Dhamtari district 392 ration shops, in Surajpur district 436 shops, South Bastar (Dantewada) district 121 ration shops, in Koria district 332 shops, in Bastar district 399 ration shops, North Bastar (Kanker) district 415 ration shops, Kondagaon district 259 ration shops, Surguja district 443 shops, Sukma district 25 shops, Bijapur district 35 ration shops and in Narayanpur district 36 ration shops have been computerized.