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- 1in 1967, the Civil Supplies Department started functioning as a separateப.5
1967 - Civil Supplies becomes a separate department. Then 1974 the control order and ration cards, 1993 category-wise booklets, March 2017 the end of paper cards.
- 2the Public Distribution System (PDS) has been fully computerizedப.5
From 01.04.2017 the PDS is fully computerised and Smart Family Cards are issued on Aadhaar enrolment and a registered mobile number.
- 318,61,875ப.8
AAY cards: 18,61,875 covering 61,59,889 beneficiaries. Each AAY card gets 35 kg of rice and wheat free every month, whatever the family size.
- 4Total 2,28,83,336 7,01,29,127அட்டவணைப.9
Tamil Nadu's PDS covers 2,28,83,336 family cards and 7,01,29,127 people as on 31.07.2026 - effectively the whole population.
- 5Non-Priority House Hold (NPHH) All Commodities including Rice 1,06,29,446அட்டவணைப.9
NPHH is the single largest category at 1,06,29,446 cards - the mark of Tamil Nadu's universal PDS, which goes beyond the NFSA-funded categories.
- 6issued as per the norms of National Food Security Act, 2013ப.9
Only PHH-AAY and PHH cards come under the NFSA, 2013. NPHH, NPHH-S and NPHH-NC are State choices - the legal basis of universal PDS in Tamil Nadu.
- 764,554 ‘Police cards’ப.13
64,554 police cards give subsidised kerosene at Rs.12.50 a litre to constables to inspectors, forest staff from cavady to ranger, and prison staff from second grade warden to deputy jailor.
- 8Annaporna (ANP) schemeப.13
Annapurna gives 10 kg of free rice to 3,253 single-member cardholders; Old Age Pension beneficiaries - 2,30,422 of them - get 5 kg free.
- 9Tamil Nadu e-Governance Agency (TNeGA)ப.16
TNeGA analyses new card applications fortnightly and supplies death registration data so the PDS database can be cleaned - 3,08,117 members deleted in under three months.
- 10despatching of duplicate Smart Family Cardsப.20
From 05.04.2023 duplicate smart cards reach the door by India Post for Rs.50; 91,987 were despatched between May and July 2026.
- 11Advance movement of 60% of the allocationப.22
60% of next month's allocation moves from TNCSC godowns to fair price shops from the 20th of the current month - the logistics rule that keeps shops stocked.
- 12maximum ceiling has been fixed as 20 kg per card per monthப.26
Rice is free but capped at 20 kg per card per month regardless of family size - a cap worth quoting exactly.
- 13Sugar Rs.13.50 per Kg for AAY cards and Rs.25.00 per Kgஅட்டவணைப.26
Issue prices to remember: sugar Rs.13.50 (AAY) and Rs.25 (others), tur dal Rs.30 a kg, palmolein Rs.25 a litre, kerosene Rs.15.00-16.50 a litre.
- 14the Government of India makes a monthly allocation and provides food grains free of costப.27
From 01.01.2023 the Centre supplies free foodgrains to PHH and AAY under PMGKAY; tide-over rice comes at Rs.8.30 a kg.
- 15procures approximately 1,00,000 MT of rice every month from the Food Corporation of India at Rs.23.20 per kgப.28
The State buys about 1,00,000 MT a month from FCI at Rs.23.20 a kg to cover NPHH cardholders - the fiscal price of universal PDS.
- 162 kg of Millet (Ragi) is supplied in lieu of riceப.29
Ragi replaces rice, 2 kg per card, in Dharmapuri and The Nilgiris - the only two districts. A precise, examinable detail.
- 179.52 lakh family cardholders without any LPG connectionப.30
Kerosene entitlement is tied to LPG: 9.52 lakh cardholders have no connection and 90 lakh have a single cylinder. The Centre allots 3,940 kilolitres a month.
- 18'Special Public Distribution System' in 2007ப.31
Special PDS, introduced in 2007 (with effect from 14.04.2007), is funded by Tamil Nadu alone and extended to June 2027. It supplies tur dal and fortified palmolein oil.
- 19Palmolein oil 154.99 25 129.99அட்டவணைப.33
The subsidy is the story: palmolein costs Rs.154.99 and sells at Rs.25 - the State pays Rs.129.99 a litre. Tur dal: Rs.77.89 buying, Rs.30 selling, Rs.47.89 subsidy.
- 20within a radius of 1.5 kilometres from the habitations in plain areasப.34
Fair price shops must be within 1.5 km in plains and 1 km in hilly areas - the accessibility norm.
- 21Co-operative Societies (Under the Registrar of Co-operatives Societies) 25,107 11,211 36,318அட்டவணைப.35
Of 38,438 fair price shops, cooperatives run 36,318, TNCSC 1,548 and women's self-help groups 435. The PDS runs on the cooperative network.
- 2233,750 new PoS machines and IRIS scannersப.39
33,750 PoS machines with IRIS scanners supplied in 2024-25 under End-to-End Computerisation Phase-II.
- 23integration of electronic weighing scales with the PoS devicesப.40
Weighing scales are integrated with e-PoS in 38,429 shops since 05.02.2024 - a direct answer to short-weighing complaints.
- 2495.44% beneficiaries (3,41,96,156 beneficiaries)ப.41
e-KYC of priority household beneficiaries reached 95.44% (3,41,96,156) by 31.07.2026, up from 93.21% in May.