India, Aug. 20 -- The "Anna-Chakra" Supply Chain Optimisation Tool under Public Distribution System (PDS) was targeted to be implemented in 31 States/Union Territories (UTs). The status of implementation is as under :-

Implemented (30 States/UTs): Punjab, Telangana, Tamil Nadu, Rajasthan, Mizoram, Bihar, Sikkim, Gujarat, Andhra Pradesh, Nagaland, Chhattisgarh, Goa, Jharkhand, West Bengal, Himachal Pradesh, Meghalaya, Assam, Uttarakhand, Madhya Pradesh, Delhi, Jammu & Kashmir, Uttar Pradesh, Maharashtra, Arunachal Pradesh, Ladakh, Tripura, Kerala, Karnataka, Haryana, Odisha. It is not implemented in Manipur.

The savings estimate a potential of cost reductions in transportation indicating one of the potential benefits of use of optimisatio...