Under National Food Security Act (NFSA), the central government is mandated to provide assistance to the state government to meet the expenditure incurred by it on intra-State movement, handling of food grains and margins paid to fair shop dealers, for distribution of food grains allocated for the entitled persons paid to fair price shop dealers, for distribution of food grains allocated for the entitled persons and households. CMS as a research partner conducted the assessment and developed a report based on the findings of data and information collected using mixed methods approach (quantitative and qualitative) across seven states identified using different criteria such as FPS category (general or special); represent different zones/geographical regions of the country as well as terrains such as coastal, hilly terrain, plains; performance of PDS in the state.
