(i) The State Government shall authorise the Tahsildar of Taluk concerned to engage all field functionaries not below the rank of Village Administrative Officer under his/her disposal or any Department like Directorate of Economics and Statistics which is not directly involved in implementing the schemes under the Act or any independent Body to perform the work of facilitation in the conduct of periodic social audits, as prescribed, on the functioning of welfare schemes under the Act.
(ii) A simple format/questionnaires shall be devised which will be provided to a minimum of 20% of the beneficiaries of the concerned Fair Price Shop/Anganwadi Centres/Schools as the case may be, so that beneficiary can opine their views.
(iii) The respective filed functionary shall collect duly filled in format/questionnaire from all the participants.
(iv) On the basis of the opinions of the people, the respective Department/Agency shall prepare and submit a consolidated Report to the Department of Civil Supplies and Consumer Affairs indicating special measure to be taken for better implementation of the welfare schemes.
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(v) The dealer of concerned Fair Price Shop/Anganwadi Centres/Schools or any other functionary related to the welfare scheme shall not be engaged in circulation/collection of format/questionnaires.