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    Standing Committee on Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution submits report on ‘Transforming Fair Price Shops (FPSs)’

    Posted 14 Feb 2024

    Updated 22 Mar 2024

    2 min read

    • As per the National Food Security Act, 2013, FPS refers to shops licensed to distribute essential commodities to ration card holders under the Targeted Public Distribution System (TPDS).
      • Such license is issued by an order under section 3 of Essential Commodities Act (ECA), 1955. 
        • ECA provide for regulating control of production, supply, distribution, and trade of certain commodities in the general public interest.
      • Launched in 1997 TPDS provides for lower subsidised food prices for Below Poverty Line (BPL) families than those for Above Poverty Line (APL) beneficiaries
    • Key issues with FPS: Leakages and diversion of food-grains, financial non-viability of FPS, etc.

     

    • Recommendations for transforming FPS
      • Increase sales of non-PDS commodities such as Khadi & Ayush products from MSMEs
      • Form a monitoring cell to track the progress of model FPS in all states.
      • Improve working of Vigilance Committees (VCs) established under NFSA. 
        • VCs are established by State Governments at the State, District, Block and FPS levels to ensure transparency and accountability of the functionaries in TPDS. 
      • Ensure all ePoS machines are connected to and synchronized with weighing machines for effective delivery of ration.

     

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    • Fair Price Shops
    • National Food Security Act, 2013
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