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HomeSeries: Public Distribution System in Tamil Nadu

Series: Public Distribution System in Tamil Nadu

The Public Distribution System in Tamil Nadu (TNPDS) has been perceived as a boon for citizens from low income groups. A series of articles looking at various aspects of its functioning and how effectively it serves the people it is intended for.

Civic

Dear PDS authorities, spare a thought for couples in love!

November 15, 2018 Laasya Shekhar

The online procedure to obtain a smart card for PDS supplies makes it mandatory for you to produce a certificate of deletion from your family’s card. For many in the city, who have severed ties with the family, it is proving to be very difficult. Here’s why.

Economy

Getting smart ration card online now a pain, Chennai’s E seva centres no help

May 28, 2018 Laasya Shekhar

The Public Distribution System in Tamil Nadu (TNPDS), perceived as a boon to citizens from low income groups has many issues. Its nodal agency, the Civil Supplies department, has failed at various levels of operations

Infrastructure

Why Chennai’s ration card holders are unhappy, despite PDS revamp

July 7, 2016 Nileena MS

Fake ration cards The issue of bogus ration cards is an important concern reported across India, and the central government has announced that ration cards may no longer be used as legitimate proof of identity

Infrastructure

Public Distribution System in Tamil Nadu

July 4, 2016 Nileena MS

Even as the Tamil Nadu government has introduced digitization of the Public Distribution System (PDS) and smart PDS cards, ration card holders from many parts of the district complain of lack of access to the


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