BJP questioned its inability to do the same in states ruled by it
With well over eight months to go for assembly elections, the Raman Singh government is in no mood to risk any negative publicity on the delivery mechanism, which it feels would dim its populist aura.
By TNN |
With well over eight months to go for assembly elections, the Raman Singh government is in no mood to risk any negative publicity on the delivery mechanism, which it feels would dim its populist aura.
Already, the Congress has been running a campaign that the scheme, by more or less meeting the monthly food requirements of a poor household, has turned the peasants into freeloaders, creating an artificial scarcity of agricultural workers.
Hence, the elaborate, centralised monitoring system linking all the PDS outlets online. As soon as a truck leaves the godown with its load of rice, the vehicle number is SMSed to the sarpanch/elders of the village to which it is headed, along with the quantity of rice being transported.
Some of the trucks have even been fitted with GPS devices which will help track if the vehicle is deliberately diverted from the intended route.
Mr Singh would also actively involve himself in the monitoring mechanism. ���I will pay random visits to PDS outlets in villages and check out the delivery systems...where complaints are received against a specific individual or official, I will take action on the spot, be it suspension or even imprisonment,��� he warned.
Already, the Congress has been running a campaign that the scheme, by more or less meeting the monthly food requirements of a poor household, has turned the peasants into freeloaders, creating an artificial scarcity of agricultural workers.
Hence, the elaborate, centralised monitoring system linking all the PDS outlets online. As soon as a truck leaves the godown with its load of rice, the vehicle number is SMSed to the sarpanch/elders of the village to which it is headed, along with the quantity of rice being transported.
Some of the trucks have even been fitted with GPS devices which will help track if the vehicle is deliberately diverted from the intended route.
Mr Singh would also actively involve himself in the monitoring mechanism. ���I will pay random visits to PDS outlets in villages and check out the delivery systems...where complaints are received against a specific individual or official, I will take action on the spot, be it suspension or even imprisonment,��� he warned.
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