All 20 regional offices of FCI of India suggested to implement VTS

As per information available from Food Corporation of India, all 20 regional offices have been asked to implement ‘Vehicle Tracking System’ (VTS). So far, the VTS tender could be finalized only in following 5 regions, namely Maharashtra, Karnataka, Kerala, Uttarakhand and Jharkhand. Also, as part of an earlier scheme on ‘End-to-End Computerization of Public Distribution System (PDS) Operations’ almost all States/UTs have done the Computerization of Supply Chain Management operations for online monitoring of the receipts and issuance of foodgrains besides online generation of delivery orders, truck challans, gate passes including delivery of SMS alerts to FPS dealers and some beneficiaries. This information was provided in a written reply by the Union Minister of State for Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution, Shri Danve Raosaheb Dadarao in Lok Sabha.