10 important points about PDS in Chhattisgarh
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ly the only thing extraordinary about Manglu is that he is the perfect example of an ordinary tribal. The 60-year-old belongs to the Pahadi Korba tribe and lives in Govindpur village of Sarguja district of Chhattisgarh. He best represents what modern India calls a below poverty line (BPL) beneficiary of various government schemes. Manglu earns just about Rs. 200 a month and has a family of four to support. He is uneducated, unskilled and most of all, unaware that he is eligible for some relief from the government.
In the past, he would routinely rush to the village moneylender by the middle of the month to get a loan just to ward off hunger. The repayment of this loan would then account for the bulk of his next month’s income.
But lately things have changed. For the first time in his life, in August 2007, he was given a “red” card which meant that the Chhattisgarh government recognised him as one of the poorest of the poor in the state and promised to provide 35 kg of rice a month at Rs. 1 per kg under the Public Distribution System (PDS). Moreover, the PDS shop is now being run by his village’s Panchayat and is just walking distance from his hut.
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