{"id":35099,"date":"2018-10-31T15:13:41","date_gmt":"2018-10-31T09:43:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.forumias.com\/?p=35099"},"modified":"2018-10-31T15:13:41","modified_gmt":"2018-10-31T09:43:41","slug":"pds-digitisation-moving-at-snails-pace","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/pds-digitisation-moving-at-snails-pace\/","title":{"rendered":"PDS digitisation moving at snail\u2019s pace:\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thehindu.com\/todays-paper\/tp-national\/pds-digitisation-moving-at-snails-pace\/article19705908.ece\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">PDS digitisation moving at snail\u2019s pace<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">:\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Context: <\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The progress of the digitization of Public Distribution System<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>What is the project all about?<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It was launched in 2012 at a cost of 884 crore to complete the automation of Public Distribution System &#8211; All fair price or ration shop<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">To enable online monitoring of stock positions.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">To empower the government to track the movement of food grains &#8211; godowns to fair price shops<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It aimed to ensure that food grains reach the right beneficiaries <\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">To send SMS alert to beneficiaries <\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>What is the progress made so far?<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The project was given a mission mode by the NDA government (2014)<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Out of 5.26 lakh ration shops, only 15% have been digitized in a 3 year period (2014 -17)<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Less than 10,00 fair price shops had been digitized during the period of 2 years (2012 -14)<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">11 states have not taken the elementary steps of digitizing fair price shops<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The numbers are most stark in the North East region<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Few states in North East region have cited connectivity issues for their inability to start the process<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>What is the government\u2019s achievement?<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Rs. 2.48 crore bogus cards have been deleted<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It has saved a subsidy of Rs.15, 000 crore per annum<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>PDS digitisation moving at snail\u2019s pace:\u00a0 Context: The progress of the digitization of Public Distribution System What is the project all about? 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