Union Minister of Consumer Affairs, Food, and Public Distribution launched pilot project to convert 60 fair price shops into Jan Poshan Kendras

Union Minister of Consumer Affairs, Food, and Public Distribution launched pilot project to convert 60 fair price shops into Jan Poshan Kendras

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Category : National Published on: August 24 2024

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  • Union Minister for Consumer Affairs, Food, and Public Distribution Pralhad Venkatesh Joshi has launched a pilot project to convert 60 fair-price shops in four states into Jan Poshan Kendras. 
  • On this occasion, he also launched FPS Sahai Application, Mera Ration App 2.0, Quality Management System, Quality Manual Handbook, FCI Contract Manual, and NABL accreditation of 3 laboratories.
  • Prahlad Venkatesh Joshi said at the inauguration program of this project that at present this project has been started to convert 60 fair price ration shops in Uttar Pradesh, Gujarat, Rajasthan, and Telangana into 'Jan Poshan Kendras'. These shops are also called Fair Price Shops (FPS.
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