The much-acclaimed public distribution system (PDS) of Kerala has lost its scope and acceptance due to diminished allotment of cereals and repeated reductions in coverage. Experts admit that prior to ...

ERODE: Six men were arrested near Gobichettipalayam in Erode district of Tamil Nadu on Tuesday morning for smuggling PDS rice to Kerala. Police seized 1,750 kg of rice from them.The accused have been ...

In a first, the famed 'Ooty Tea' produced by sixteen tea cooperatives in the Nilgiris district will be distributed in PDS shops of Kerala. Sixteen INDCO tea factories started functioning since the ...

KOCHI: An expert committee formed by the Kerala government to study the issues faced by Fair Price Shop (FPS) dealers has proposed significant changes to the state’s public distribution system (PDS).

Thiruvananthapuram: Kerala government on Wednesday said installation of Electronic Point of Sale (E-Pos) in all ration shops is fast progressing as part of the National Food Security Act to ensure ...

In a first for the State, the Alappuzha district administration is planning to interlink via an online system all the ration shops in the district and to track the movement of essential goods to these ...

THIRUVANTHAPURAM, INDIA: Chief Minister of Kerala, Oomen Chandy will inaugurate the pilot phase of an end-to-end computerisation programme of the public distribution system (PDS) in Kerala on May 14.

Ration shops in Kerala are readying to go the ATM way soon. As many as 14,500 ration retail shops in Kerala will soon be equipped with electronic point of sale (ePoS) machines, which would work as ...

The LDF Government in Kerala on Tuesday expressed reservation over the Supreme Court order on imposing restrictions on distribution of food grain through the Public Distribution System to sections ...

THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: Kerala has requested the Central government to provide red-coloured fortified kernels for fortifying the rice supplied through ration shops. This is to make the rice more appealing ...