To ensure transparency in delivery of commodities to the poor in Rajasthan The Rajasthan Government has decided to conduct the much sought-after social audit for fair price shops functioning under the public distribution system (PDS) to ensure transparency and effectiveness in the delivery of essential commodities to poor people. The move follows the success of similar exercise for the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act. The social audit is being introduced in the tribal-dominated Dungarpur district next month. Gram sabhas of village panchayats are going to play an important role in the drive. According to an official release here on Sunday, the scheme is being initiated on the recommendation of Dungarpur Collector Purna Chandra Kishan, who found irregularities in the supply of essential goods at aRatri Chaupal(night congregation) at the Raghunathpura village recently, and felt that a social audit could stop several of these malpractices. As part of social audit, each village panchayat would organise a gram sabha on the 27th of every month in which ration dealers would be present with their stock and supply registers. The details of previous stock, goods received, quantity distributed and the last stock would be made public at the assembly. The release stated that villagers would be authorised to ask the dealers or owners of fair price shops to read out the entries made in their registers and provide details of wheat, kerosene and sugar supplied to beneficiaries as well as the amount of money charged them. The gram sabha will formally make an entry of the proceedings on being satisfied with the details provided.