Question

Mention the major features of public distribution system in india

Answer 1

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1. It makes food accessible to most of the part of people of a country.

2. It makes food available for the backward sections of the society.

3. It is the most important step towards ensuring food security.

4. It helps to identify the below poverty line families.

5. The states are free to add subsidy from their resources.

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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.

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