PUBLIC DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM IN INDIA (PDS)
Public Distribution System (PDS) is an Indian food security system.
Under PDS scheme, each family below the poverty line is eligible for 35 kg of rice or wheat every month, while a household above the poverty line is entitled to 15 kg of food grain on a monthly basis.
A BPL card holder should be given 35 kg of food grain and the card holder above BPL should be given 15 kg of food grain as per the norms of PDS.
A public distribution shop also known as Fair Price Shop (FPS), part of India's Public Distribution System established by Government of India, is a kind of shop in India which is used to distribute rations at a subsidized price to the poor. As of date there are about 4.99 lakh Fair Price Shops (FPS) across India.
Locally these are known as "ration shop" and chiefly sell wheat, rice, kerosene and sugar at a price lower than the market price.
The introduction of rationing in India dates back to the 1940s Bengal famine.this rationing system was revived in the wake of acute food shortage during the early 1960s, prior to the Green Revolution.
The Public Distribution System of India is not without its defects. With a coverage of around 40 crore BPL (Below Poverty Line) families, a review of the PDS has discovered the following structural shortcomings and disturbances:
1. Growing instances of the consumers receiving inferior quality food grains in ration shops.
2. Deceitful dealers replace good supplies received from the F.C.I(Food Corporation of India) with inferior stock and sell FCI stock in the black market.
3. Illicit fair price shop owners have been found to create large number of bogus cards to sell food grains in the open market.
4. Many FPS dealers resort to malpractice, illegal diversions of commodities, holding and black marketing due to the minimum salary received by them.
5. Numerous malpractices make safe and nutritious food inaccessible and unaffordable to many poor thus resulting in their food insecurity.
6. Identification of households to be denoted status and distribution to granted PDS services has been highly irregular and diverse in various states. The recent development of Aadhar UIDAI cards has taken up the challenge of solving the problem of identification and distribution of PDs services along with Direct Cash Transfers.
7. Regional allocation and coverage of FPS are unsatisfactory and the core objective of price stabilization of essential commodities has not met.
Under PDS scheme, each family below the poverty line is eligible for 35 kg of rice or wheat every month, while a household above the poverty line is entitled to 15 kg of food grain on a monthly basis.
A BPL card holder should be given 35 kg of food grain and the card holder above BPL should be given 15 kg of food grain as per the norms of PDS.
A public distribution shop also known as Fair Price Shop (FPS), part of India's Public Distribution System established by Government of India, is a kind of shop in India which is used to distribute rations at a subsidized price to the poor. As of date there are about 4.99 lakh Fair Price Shops (FPS) across India.
Locally these are known as "ration shop" and chiefly sell wheat, rice, kerosene and sugar at a price lower than the market price.
The introduction of rationing in India dates back to the 1940s Bengal famine.this rationing system was revived in the wake of acute food shortage during the early 1960s, prior to the Green Revolution.
The Public Distribution System of India is not without its defects. With a coverage of around 40 crore BPL (Below Poverty Line) families, a review of the PDS has discovered the following structural shortcomings and disturbances:
1. Growing instances of the consumers receiving inferior quality food grains in ration shops.
2. Deceitful dealers replace good supplies received from the F.C.I(Food Corporation of India) with inferior stock and sell FCI stock in the black market.
3. Illicit fair price shop owners have been found to create large number of bogus cards to sell food grains in the open market.
4. Many FPS dealers resort to malpractice, illegal diversions of commodities, holding and black marketing due to the minimum salary received by them.
5. Numerous malpractices make safe and nutritious food inaccessible and unaffordable to many poor thus resulting in their food insecurity.
6. Identification of households to be denoted status and distribution to granted PDS services has been highly irregular and diverse in various states. The recent development of Aadhar UIDAI cards has taken up the challenge of solving the problem of identification and distribution of PDs services along with Direct Cash Transfers.
7. Regional allocation and coverage of FPS are unsatisfactory and the core objective of price stabilization of essential commodities has not met.