"The present system was the only and viable and convenient option for access to food grains in the rural areas", he said in a letter to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh
Referring to the pilot project for transfer of cash subsidy through ration cards to the beneficiaries of various government schemes in 51 districts in the country and there were lot of problems in implementation of cash subsidy transfer under PDS. "In my view, Fair Price Shops under PDS are the only viable and convenient option for access to food grains in rural areas in the State. Financial inclusion and availability of IT infrastructure are preconditions to any scheme of cash transfers. There are substantial problems in the State on both accounts", the chief minister said it would be difficult to fix the monthly cash subsidies in view of fluctuation in market prices.
Singh said the system is also vulnerable to misuse of cash subsidy amount by the male heads of the households or purchase of non PDS commodities which would defeat the very purpose for which the subsidies are proposed to be transferred.
Pointing out that Chhattisgarh has been pioneer in terms of reforming the PDS and the state Model has not only been recommended for replication in other states by the centre, he said it has been the experience of the state that substantial improvement in service delivery at the Fair Price Shops could be achieved by bringing about qualitative changes in the existing system through reforms and by close monitoring of the whole PDS supply chain, substantially reducing instances of diversion and leakages in the PDS.
Stating that any changes in present PDS should only be implemented if the same result in better convenience to the beneficiaries, Singh said since implementation of PDS at state level is the responsibility of State Government, any changes in the system should be done only with the consent of State Government.
He said the state government was committed to reforms in PDS and is of firm belief that substantial improvement in PDS service delivery can be achieved through reforms and monitoring. Hence the State does not agree with transfer of cash subsidy to the beneficiaries in Targeted Public Distribution System (TPDS) and Chhattisgarh be exempted from the proposed cash transfer scheme, he added.
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