Question

Impact of public distribution system

Answer 1

Answer:

The following are the Impact of the public distribution system: It has helped in stabilising food prices and making food available to consumers at affordable prices. It has helped in avoiding hunger and famine by supplying food from surplus regions of the country to deficient regions.

Answer 2

Answer :

Impact of public distribution system are as follows :-

1. PDS helps in stabilising prices and making food available to consumers at affordable prices.

2. It has helped in preventing widespread hunger and famine by supplying food.

3. The prices have been under revision in favour of poor households in general.

4.  The minimum support price and procurement has contributed to an increase in the production of food grains.

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Important points to note :

• There are about 5.5 lakh ration shops all over the country ( INDIA).
• Ration shops are also known as Fair price shops.

• There are basically 3 types of ration shops :-

1. Antyodaya cards ( for poorest of the poor )
2. BPL cards ( for below poverty line )
3. APL ( for all others)

• The National Food security Act was passed in 2013.

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