Chhattisgarh
Eligibility
The Act does not specify eligibility, but the following categories of households are included:
Other Entitlements
Groups
Residents in Hostels and Ashrams
Destitute and Homeless Persons
Meals, free of charge, through Dal-bhat centres or take home rations through panchayats
Disaster-Affected Persons
Households suffering from hunger or conditions akin to hunger
Meals, free of charge, for a period up to six months
Meals, free of charge for a period up to three months, through emergency relief operations
Paperwork
The eldest adult woman of the family, else the eldest man, will be treated the head of the household for the issue of the ration card.
Fair Price Shops
Helpline
Call toll free number: 1800-233-3663
Website
Department of Food, Civil Supplies & Consumer Protection (Government Of Chhattisgarh)
Contact
Minister (Food and Civil Supplies Department)
Secretary (Department of Food and Public Distribution)
Members of Parliament - Lok Sabha | Rajya Sabha
Members of Legislative Assembly
Apply
For expert assistance and to contact other members of the state campaign, please contact
Sameer Garg at koriya@gmail.com and
Gangabhai at chaupal_cg@rediffmail.com
Monitor
Ration cards allotment in each Fair Price Shop
Action Taken under Public Distribution System
Videos
Preference will be given to public institutions and public bodies such as Gram Panchayats, Self-Help Groups and cooperatives. Private dealers are prohibited to run ration shops. List of Fair Price Shops
List of Fair Price Shops of each operating Agency
List of PaoochVihin (Mobile) Fair Price Shops
Source: Video Volunteers
Complain
Register complaints online and monitor citizen reports
Fines
Chhattisgarh Lok Sewa Guarantee Act, 2011 mandates timely delivery and defines fines
Research
Reforming the Public Distribution System (Economic and Political Weekly, 4 February 2012)
News
2015
PDS Scam: Bitter tussle ensues in Congress before party elections (The Indian Express, 10 April 2015)
PDS rice scam: IAS officers summoned by Chhattisgarh ACB (The Indian Express, April 8 2015)
Scam stains famed Chhattisgarh PDS, systemic loot runs into crores (First Post, 18 March 2015)
Graft: Chhattisgarh food Secretary removed (The Indian Express, 16 February 2015)
dna exclusive: Maharashtra government team to study Chhattisgarh (Daily News & Analysis, 11 February 2015)
Food security blanket soon for all Chhattisgarh district headquarters (Business Standard, 11 February 2015)
Why Chhattisgarh ration shops are turning away people without (Scroll.in, 23 January 2015)
Chhattisgarh rethinks food scheme, to focus on individuals, not families (Financial Express, 1 January 2015)
2014
The village that knows whom to thank for rice (Indian Express, 14 April 2014)
CAG pulls up state's nodal agency for PDS (The Times of India, 26 February 2014)
PDS gets new face in 4 new cities in Chhattisgarh (Business Standard, 29 January 2014)
Union Government of India extended the implementation of NFSA to Karnataka and Chhattisgarh (Jagranjosh, 22 January 2014)
No response from PMO, Raman govt decides to reduce paddy procurement (Indian Express, 17 October 2014)
Villager in Bastar wait six months and get rotting ration (Indian Express, 5 October 2014)
PDS gets new face in 4 new cities of Chhattisgarh (Business Standard, 29 Jan 2014)
Union Government of India extended the implementation of NFSA to Karnataka and Chhattisgarh (Jagranjosh, Jan 22, 2014)
2013
Rice distribution 'game-changer' for Raman Singh in Assembly polls (IBNLive 9 December 2013)
Chhattisgarh simplifies its food security law (TNN, 4 September 2013)
Effective PDS 'tackles' malnutrition in Chhattisgarh (Ejaz Kaiser, Hindustan Times, 16 March 2013)
Supreme Court seeks Centre's response on Chhattisgarh PDS (Times of India, 5 March 2013)
Chattisgarh and Kerala using RSBY cards for public distribution system (The Economic Times, 22 Jan 2013)
2012
Chhattisgarh food security Bill puts UPA under pressure (Surabhi Agarwal, Live Mint, 25 Dec 2012)
Food security: Chhattisgarh whets appetite (Ashutosh Bhardwaj, The Indian Express, 25 Dec 2012)
Chhattisgarh passes Food Security Act, takes wind out of the sails of Centre (Sreelatha Menon, Business Standard, 22 Dec 2012)
Raman Singh steals a march over UPA on food security (Gargi Parsai, The Hindu, 22 Dec 2012)
New Act will provide food security to 90% of Chhattisgarh population (Gargi Parsai, The Hindu, 22 Dec 2012)
Chhattisgarh first with food security law, beats Centre (The Indian Express, 22 Dec 2012)
Chhattisgarh passes own food security bill (Ejaz Kaiser, Hindustan Times, 21 Dec 2012)