A collaboration between the Government of Uttarakhand and the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) in India, supported by Ericsson India Global Services Pvt. Ltd and WFP Trust for India, has enabled major progress in ensuring efficiency through the use of technology under the Targeted Public Distribution System (TPDS) of the state.
L-R – Mr Rajesh Gupta, Director Ericsson, Mr Eric Kenefick, Country Director, WFP India, Mrs Rekha Arya, Minister for Food and Public Distribution, Govt of Uttarakhand and Mr Sanjay Kaul IAS (Retd), Trustee, WFP Trust for India
New Delhi, 19 December 2022: The Government of Uttarakhand announced on Monday that through its collaboration with the World Food Programme (WFP) in India, the hill state has become the first in the country to optimise supply chain of its TPDS that reaches more than ten million citizens every month with timely availability of grains and savings for the state exchequer.
The collaboration, supported by Ericsson India Global Services Pvt. Limited and WFP Trust for India, has played a key role in furthering the TPDS reforms in the state.
Uttarakhand has also become the first state in the country to successfully deploy a Mobile Storage Unit (MSU), with a 500 Metric Ton capacity for the storage of grains in Haridwar. During the recent Kumbh Mela, the MSU enabled the state’s Department of Food, Civil Supplies, and Consumer Affairs to provide an uninterrupted supply of food grains. A mobile application “Jan Aapurti Uttarakhand” was also developed in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic for citizens to order essential commodities from the retailers in their neighbourhood.
“The collaboration has successfully demonstrated solutions that are relevant to the unique challenges of Uttarakhand. The State Government is committed to ensuring food security for its citizens and to scaling up the interventions developed under this partnership.” said Ms Rekha Arya, MInister of Food, Civil Supplies &and Consumer Affairs, Women Empowerment and Child Development, and Sports & Youth Welfare, Government of Uttarakhand.
“This collaboration, supported by Ericsson India Global Services, has seen many firsts for India. From the use of operations research for improving TPDS efficiency to deployment of improved storage solutions for food grains. Continuing with these innovative reforms, we have also now deployed an automated grain dispensing machine, Annapurti, in Dehradun. We are confident that these interventions will be successfully scaled up by the Government of Uttarakhand.” said Eric Kenefick, Deputy Country Director of WFP in India.
“The project brings together innovation, automation, and impact-at-scale to strengthen the existing food safety nets, thus directly benefitting millions. It also demonstrates partnership between development organisation, government, and private sector to strengthen food security. The success of this program, we hope, can serve as an inspiration for other such public private collaborations.” said Rajesh Gupta, Director – Ericsson India Global Services Pvt. Ltd.
About WFP Trust for India
WFP Trust for India is a nationally registered public charitable trust, incubated by the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP). The goal of the Trust, set up in 2008, is to reduce and eradicate hunger and malnutrition in India.
https://www.wfptrustforindia.org/
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