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Recently, the Department of Food and Public Distribution (DFPD) has achieved a remarkable milestone by being named as finalist for the 2026 Franz Edelman Award for its Anna Chakra initiative.

About Anna Chakra

• It is a supply chain optimization tool under the Public Distribution System (PDS).
• It is an operations research–based decision support system designed to optimise state-specific food grain logistics under India’s Public Distribution System (PDS).
• The initiative was developed through a Government–UN–Academia partnership, involving:
  • The Department of Food and Public Distribution,
  • The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) in India, and
  • Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Delhi.
• It leverages advanced algorithms to identify optimal routes and ensure seamless movement of food grains across supply chain nodes. 
• It is integrated with the PM Gati Shakti platform and FOIS (Freight Operations Information System) portal of the Railways through Unified Logistics Interface Platform (ULIP).

What is the Franz Edelman Award?

• It recognizes the world’s most impactful, high-value applications of advanced analytics.
• It is widely regarded as the “Nobel Prize of Operations Research and Analytics”.
• It recognizes and rewards outstanding examples of operations research, management science, and advanced analytics practice in the world.
• Award: Winner gets a $10,000 prize. 

Source: PIB

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