The State government will partner with the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) to strengthen the Public Distribution System (PDS) in Meghalaya.
A meeting was held today to map out future collaborative efforts to enhance food security attended by Food Civil Supplies and Consumer Affairs Minister Coming One Ymbon along with UN-WFP Country Director Elisabeth Faure.
During the meeting, a roadmap that features route optimisation, strengthening the grievance redressal mechanism, GPS tracking of movement of food grains, data analytics for robust policy formulation and IEC campaign, was formulated that aligns with the State’s objective for food security.
Additionally, there is an initiative to share best practices from other States and global insights on successful models implemented by WFP in the country.
The discussion was also centred on the current PDS challenges and key areas for improvement and exploration of innovative technologies and strategies to enhance transparency and accountability in the PDS supply chain in Meghalaya.
