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MPs way to fight PDS pilferage: Grain on doorsteps [1]

Milind Ghatwai

To remedy pilferage and corruption in the public distribution system (PDS), Madhya Pradesh has decided to introduce a pilot scheme to deliver cheap foodgrain on the beneficiaries' doorsteps.

The scheme will begin on Mahatma Gandhi's birth anniversary on October 2 in a tehsil in tribal-dominated Mandla district.

Publication Date: 
21/08/2010
Indian Express (New Delhi) [2]
Tags:
Food Supply [3], Madhya Pradesh [4], Jabalpur (D) [5], Gwalior (D) [6], Indore (D) [7], Mandla (D) [8]
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