Following steps shall be taken for conduct of social audit, namely:-
(i) the preceding social audit report shall be read out at the beginning of the meeting and informed about the action taken on the report;
(ii) the information regarding the eligibility and ineligibility criteria of households, retail issue price and quantity of foodgrains to be distributed on ration card shall be given and same shall be verified;
(iii) the latest updated list of eligible households shall be read and pasted at the venue of meeting;
(iv) the month wise details of foodgrains allocated, received and distributed and quantity remaining with the fair price shop keepers during the period of the preceding half-year shall be read;
(v) the Targeted Public Distribution System shall be verified by questioning the stakeholders about the working of fair price shopkeepers; and
(vi) the social audit report shall be prepared in Hindi language and displayed on the notice board of the Gram Panchayat.