Question

effect pds of india.

Answer 1

53The PDS can be regarded as one of the most important stable elements of India’s food policywith fight against hungerand poverty. The main objectivesof the Public Distribution are threefold: first, to provide food grains to the poorat affordableprices; second, to support farmersby purchasing food from them at reasonableprices; and third, to maintain national food securityby holding stockpilesof food.The PDS and food policyof the government is to achieve the twingoals of price stability of food grains, which is expected to contribute to macro-economic stability and to create demand for food grains resulting from food subsidies leading to multiplier effects, raising the overall growth of the economy.