AS BILLBOARDS across Chhattisgarh hardsell the state government's Rs 771-crore food security scheme envisaging distribution of rice at Rs 3 per kg to 34 lakh poor households, CM Ram Singh has embarked on an equally ambitious mission: Monitoring its execution right down to the level of the PDS outlet. It's a tech-savvy monitoring plan, involving not only SMS and internet alerts on availability and supply positions to the beneficiary families and panchayat members of the targeted villages, but also retro-fitting of rice-transporting trucks with GPS devices to track their journey from the godowns to the PDS outlets. Thrown in are a toll-free number
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[1] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/news/eyes-fixed-electoral-gains-raman-keeps-watch-food-security-plan
[2] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/newspaper/economic-times
[3] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/food-crops
[4] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/food-supply
[5] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/malnutrition
[6] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/chhattisgarh
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