New Delhi In a bid to reduce pilferage of grain, food ministry and UN body World Food Programme (WFP) on Friday signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) for scaling up the modernisation of Targeted Public Distribution System (TPDS).
WFP, which is currently supporting a pilot project in Orissa’s Rayagada districts, where biometrics based technology is used to eliminate ‘bogus’ BPL card holders, would support other states such as Bihar, Jharkhand and North-eastern states in taking up modernisation of TPDS.
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[1] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/news/food-min-signs-mou-wfp
[2] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/newspaper/financial-express-new-delhi
[3] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/world-food-programme-wfp
[4] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/public-distribution-system-pds
[5] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/bihar
[6] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/jharkhand
[7] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/north-eastern-ranges
[8] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/ministry-food-civil-supplies
[9] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/food-policy
