In order to increase the income of ration shops, the Ministry of Food has appointed CSC e-Governance Service India Ltd. (CSC) has signed an agreement with Under this, additional facilities related to consumers like electricity, water and other utility bills will be made available.
Benefiting more than 80 crore people
Under the National Food Security Act, the Center provides five kg of food grains per person per family through ration shops at a very low rate of Rs 1 to 3 per kg. More than 80 crore people come under this law. An official statement said that the Department of Food and Public Distribution, which comes under the Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution, has appointed CSC e-Governance Services India Ltd. Model Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) has been signed with
The objective of this MoU is to increase business opportunities and income for ration shops by supplying CSC services through willing fair price shop dealers, the statement said. The MoU was signed by Deputy Secretary (PD) Jyotsna Gupta and CSC Vice President Sarthik Sachdev. Sudhanshu Pandey, Secretary, Food and Public Distribution Department and Dinesh Kumar Tyagi, Managing Director, CSC were also present on the occasion.
Ration shops will be developed as CSC service centers
Ration shops can be developed as CSC service centers, the statement said. Such CSC centers will be asked to select additional services at their convenience. These include bill payment, PAN application, passport application, Election Commission related services etc. These services will be available to the consumer at the nearest ration shop and on the other hand these shops will also get a source of additional income.
