What are the criticism faced by public distribution system in india ? Explain
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1.) failed to remove hunger
=> the PDS has been working for many years but still hunger is prevailing in Indian society.
2.) overflowing goods
=> The FCI godowns r overflowing with food grains. In 2002 the stock of wheat and rice was 63 million tonnes which was much more than the minimum stock. There is a general census that high level of buffer stock of food grains is very undesirable and can be wasteful.
3.) poor food grain quality
=> As most of the godowns have more stock than their capacity this leads to deterioration in grain quality.
4.) Adverse impact on environment
=> due to incentive by the gov most of the states r producing only rice and wheat. The intensive utilization of water in the cultivation of rice has led to environmental degradation and fall in the water level, threatening the sustainability of agricultural development in many states.
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Explanation:1. The public distribution system has faced criticism on several grounds
2.Instances of hunger are prevalant despite overflowing grains.
3.FCI godowns are overflowing with grains . Some of the grains were being rotten away and some were being eaten by rats.
4.The increased food grains procurement at enhanced MSP is the result of the pressure exerted by leading food grain producing states such as punjab, haryana ,andhra pradesh.
5.The intensive utilisation of water in the cultivation of rice has also led to environmental degradation and fall in the water level , threatening the sustainability of the agricultural devolepment in these states .
6. PDS dealers are sometimes found restoring to malpractices like diverting the grains to markets to get better margin , selling poor quality grains to ration shops etc.
7.It is common to find that ration shops regularly have unsold stocks of poor quality grains left this has proved to be a big problem .