Question

advantages and disadvantages of public distribution system

Answer 1

: The following are the advantages of the public distribution system:

1 . It has helped in stabilising food prices and making food available to consumers at affordable prices.

2 . It has helped in avoiding hunger and famine by supplying food from surplus regions of the country to deficient regions.

3. The system of minimum support price and procurement has contributed to increase in foodgrain production.




: The following are the disadvantages of the public distribution system;

1. Instances of hunger occur despite granaries being full. This points to certain lacunae or inefficiency in the system.