Question

Mention major features of public distribution system of india

Answer 1

Mention the major features of public distribution system of india

• it makes food accessible to most of the part or people of a country.
• it provide food at a very low price lower than the market price and is known as the issue price.
• it makes food available for the remote and backward sections of the society.

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Answer 2

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$\tt{1. \: Public \: \: distribution \: \: system \: \: has \: \: proved \: \: } \\ \tt{ to \: \: be \: \: the \: \: most \: \: effective \: \: instrument \: \: of \: \: } \\ \tt{government \: \: policy \: \: over \: \: the \: \: years \: \: in \: \: } \\ \tt{stabilising \: \: prices \: \: as \: \: well \: \: as \: \: in \: \: making \: \: } \\ \tt{food \: \: available \: \: to \: \: consumers \: \: at \: \: affordable \: \: } \\ \tt{prices. } \\ \\ \tt{2. \: Public \: \: distribution \: \: system \: \: is \: \: used \: \: as \: \: } \\ \tt{an \: \: important \: \: activity \: \: of the \: \: state \: \: to \: \: } \\ \tt{ensure \: \: food \: \: security \: \: to \: \: the \: \: people, } \\ \tt{specially \: \: the \: \: poor \: \: ones.}$

3. Public distribution system has been instrumental in averting widespread hunger and famine by supplying food from surplus regions of the country to the deficit ones.

$\tt{4.\: Public \: \: distribution \: \: system \: \: controls \: \: unscrupulous \: \: } \\ \tt{ rise \: \: in \: \: price \: \: for \: \: essential \: \: products \: \: in \: \: the \: \: market.} \\ \\ \tt{5. \: States \: \: will \: \: be \: \: free \: \: to \: \: add \: \: to \: \: the \: \: quantum, coverage \: \: } \\ \tt{and \: \: the subsidy \: \: from \: \: their \: \: own \: \: resources \: \: under \: \: Public \: \: } \\ \tt{distribution \: \: system. }$