1. what are the advantages and drawbacks of ration shops? 2. what are the advantages and drawbacks of public distribution system? 3. Explain the Annapurna scheme. 4. Why is buffer stock created by the government?
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2=>1. Limited benefit to poor: -Under P.D.S. food grains are provided to ration card holders only. These ration cards are issued on the basis of residential address. So, seasonal migrant workers and homeless people are not to get its benefit.
2. Regional disparities: -Some regions are well developed while some are less. In some states, large number of families is below poverty line. But, the off-take of food grain through P.D.S. is not accordingly. Due to this regional imbalance, most of the people are deprived from the benefits of P.D.S.
3. Urban bias: -Nearly, 75% fair price shops are in the rural areas but, the off-take of food grains through P.D.S. is more in urban areas. The transport system in villages is not as efficient as in cities. At times, food grains and kerosene are not available in most of the fair price shops in rural areas.
4. Inefficient Food Corporation of India: -It is the duty of Food Corporation of India to supply food grains for distribution through fair price shops. But there is some inefficiency. Excess stock of food grains is not stored properly. Therefore, it creates scarcity of food grains even after an increase in production.
There is a pressing need to eliminate these drawbacks.
4=>Buffer stock is created to distribute food grains in the deficit areas and among the poorer strata of society at a price lower than the market price also known as Issue Price. This also helps resolve the problem of shortage of food during adverse weather conditions or during the periods of calamity.
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The PDS (Public Distribution System) of India was established back in 1944 at the time of WWII directly under the Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution. The main aim of the PDS is to distribute important commodities like wheat, rice, kerosene and sugar for the needed and poor across the country in an affordable prize.
It ensures the availability of certain commodities especially for poor people of the country. However the Indian Government had re-launched the system as Targeted Public Distribution System (TPDS) in order to minimize the loopholes which benefited the economically higher class people of the country. The TPDS works along with the procedures of FCI (Food Corporation of India) in order to deliver quality commodities to the poor and to eradicate poverty in national level.
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