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The All India Employees Provident Fund Pensioners Association, consisting of previous staff members of the Tamil Nadu Civil Supplies Corporation( TNCSC ), has actually grumbled to Chief Minister C. Joseph Vijay that wheat off-take under the general public circulation system (PDS) is “low” due to the participation of beneficial interests.
In a letter dealt with to the Chief Minister, the association mentioned that “black marketeers do not get premium costs” from wheat as compared to rice. Customers, specifically diabetics, had actually been required to purchase atta at greater rates from the free market.
To correct the circumstance, the association recommended to Mr. Vijay that the State federal government look for greater allocation of wheat from the Centre in lieu of rice. Excellent qualityatta and sooji might be provided under the PDS. This would lower illegal diversion of rice, leading to “significant cost savings” for the federal government. The Food Corporation of India (FCI) might be asked for to move wheat straight to appointed roller flour mills rather of routing through the TNCSC’s godowns, a relocation of which would, in turn, conserve substantial handling and transport expense.
The association likewise required inter-department synergy as it explained that the Cooperation Department, under which cooperative societies running reasonable cost stores came under, had actually been acquiring big amounts of wheat items for PDS outlets and grocery stores. “A unified method will yield economies of scale,” the association observed.