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A regional goverment in India plans to send SMS alerts about the availability and supply of food to beneficiaries of the subsidised public distribution system (PDS). The Chhattisgarh government in north east India is to provide 35kg of rice a month to each family at the subsidised rate of Rs 3 per kg under a food security scheme. When the food is available at the distribution centre SMS alerts will be sent out to families registered. To get the alerts, the families will have to register details of their mobile phones at the food and civil supplies department website.