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CAG finds flaw in PDS beneficiary list [1]

The Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) of India has found that the Food and Civil Supplies Department of the State neither conducted any survey for identification of beneficiaries nor followed the survey conducted by the Panchayat and Rural Development Department in 1998-99, to select the beneficiaries of the Below Poverty Line (BPL) for the Public Distribution System (PDS).

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Publication Date: 
09/02/2011
Assam Tribune (Guwahati) [2]
Tags:
Food Policy [3], Food Supply [4], Assam [5], Poverty [6], Panchayats [7], Rural Development [8]
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