<p>The Food and Civil Supplies department is proposing to expand its move of distributing food grains under the Public Distribution System (PDS) to beneficiaries through supermarket outlets.<br /><br /></p>.<p>The department, last month, in a pilot project, had entered into a tie-up with the Malleswaram unit of Foodworld for disbursing food grains under the PDS to beneficiaries.<br /><br />As many as 300 ration card holders were given their quota of ration including rice at Re 1 per kg under the Annabhagya scheme from the supermarket.<br /><br />The department officials said the feedback from the beneficiaries has been positive.<br /><br />A majority of the beneficiaries said that disbursing provisions under PDS through supermarkets had its advantage as they were open for longer hours and also on Sunday and holidays. <br /><br />Besides, the electronic weighing machines ensured that they got the correct measure of provisions. <br /><br />The department will monitor the pilot project for two more weeks, seek inputs for improvisation and then scout for more supermarkets to extend the scheme to other parts of Bangalore.<br /></p>
<p>The Food and Civil Supplies department is proposing to expand its move of distributing food grains under the Public Distribution System (PDS) to beneficiaries through supermarket outlets.<br /><br /></p>.<p>The department, last month, in a pilot project, had entered into a tie-up with the Malleswaram unit of Foodworld for disbursing food grains under the PDS to beneficiaries.<br /><br />As many as 300 ration card holders were given their quota of ration including rice at Re 1 per kg under the Annabhagya scheme from the supermarket.<br /><br />The department officials said the feedback from the beneficiaries has been positive.<br /><br />A majority of the beneficiaries said that disbursing provisions under PDS through supermarkets had its advantage as they were open for longer hours and also on Sunday and holidays. <br /><br />Besides, the electronic weighing machines ensured that they got the correct measure of provisions. <br /><br />The department will monitor the pilot project for two more weeks, seek inputs for improvisation and then scout for more supermarkets to extend the scheme to other parts of Bangalore.<br /></p>