India, May 21 -- The Andhra Pradesh cabinet, chaired by chief minister N Chandrababu Naidu, on Tuesday announced the decision to do away with the method of doordelivery of essential commodities to the consumers under public distribution system and re-introduce fair price shops to distribute the commodities from June 1.

After the cabinet meeting, state civil supplies minister Nadendla Manohar said that it was decided to discontinue the current practice of delivering ration commodities through Mobile Dispensing Units (MDUs) which was introduced during the previous YS Jagan Mohan Reddy government.

"The decision was taken after obtaining the feedback from the consumers through a survey. It was revealed that 25% of ration card-holders did no...