(A) PUBLIC DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM
(I) Fair Price Shops
* Procedure of sanctioning Fair Price Shops
In Maharashtra Fair Price Shops are sanctioned by
a) By Advertisement: Applications for sanctioning of Fair
Price Shop are invited by way of advertisement published in local newspaper.A
notice to that effect is also pasted on notice board at " Chavadi
"
b)Without advertisement:
i) For sanctioning Fair Price Shop at villages having a population less
than 5000, applications are invited by way of pasting a notice to that
effect on notice board at "Chavadi " and also by giving publicity
by way of "Dawandi"(beat of drums). In such case publishing
advertisement in local newspaper is not necessory.
ii)Moreover the Fair Price Shops can be allotted to the state level
organisations like , Mahila Arhik Vikas Mahamandal, Marketing Federation,
Vidarbh Co-operative Marketing Society, Maharashtra Tribal Development
Corporation,Apana Bazar, Super Bazar etc, without formal advertisement
in news paper.
Reservation for individual womens:
The 33% of the the total shops to be sanctioned are reserved for
individual womens.The reservation is done by lottery method in the meeting
of the " local Vigillance Committee" before publishing the
advertisement in the news paper.
(II)Priority List followed for
sanctioning Fair Price Shops
After receipt of applications for sanction of fair price shops the following
priority list is followed :
A) Integrated Tribal Development Area:
1 Permanently residing local Educated unemployed tribal person (male
/ female )
2 Permanently resided local tribal person ( male / female )
3 Tribal Co-operative Society
4 Village Level Multi-purpose service co-operative society
5 Consumer Co-operative society of Tribal Women
6 Other consumer co-operative society
B) Other Areas:
1 Wife of defence personnel died in military action, his major son or unmarried daughter / Ex Serviceman/Handicapped persons / Project affected persons
2 Educated unemployed person ( male / female )
3 Person belonging to SC, ST, VJ & NT
4 Consumer Cooperative Society of backward class
5 Women's Consumer Cooperative Society
6 Other Consumer Cooperative Society
7 Village level multipurpose cooperative service society
8 Others
