what are the limitations of PDS
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LIMITATIONS OF PDS ARE:
• PDS DEALERS ARE SOMETIMES FOUND RESORTING TO MALPRACTICES LIKE DIVERTING THE GRAINS TO OPEN MARKET IN ORDER TO GET BETTER MARGIN.
• SELLING POOR QUALITIES GRAINS AT RATION SHOPS .
• IRREGULAR OPENING OF THE SHOPS ETC.
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Analyze the functioning of PDS in India and bring out its limitations.
Ever Since the independence in 1947, one of the aims of Government of India has been to provide Food Security to all the citizens of India. Keeping this objective in mind, Public distribution system (PDS) was started by Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food and Civil Supplies.
Functioning of PDS
Functioning of PDS encompasses following:
1) Procurement of Food Grains.
2) Identification of poor and needy.
3) Issue of ration cards to poor people.
4) Transportation of food grains to all Fair price shops.
5) Selling Food grains to all the needy people.
Limitations of PDS:
The public distribution system is not free from its limitations.
1) Identification of poor by the states is not fool proof. A large number of poor and needy persons are left out and a lot of bogus cards are also issued.
2) Fair Price Shop owner gets bogus Ration cards and sell the food grains in the open market.
3) People do not get the entitled amount of food grains from the Fair price shop.
4) Diversion of Food grains by FPS owner and middle men.
5) Many time good quality food grains are replaced with poor quality cheap food grains.
6) PDS covers only few food grains like wheat and rice, it does not fulfil the requirement of complete nutrition.
7) Uneven distribution of Food generations, procurement and distribution. For example: north eastern states are very far from Punjab and Haryana, from where wheat is procured. To transport food grains from Punjab to far flung areas in North east will entail cost and time both.
Though government has taken several measures to improve PDS like decentralised procurements, introduction of UIDAI etc. but still these measures are not completely adopted. More measures like universalization of PDS are need of the hour. PDS can provide food security only when it covers wide range of food grains. With introduction of Food Security Ordinance, we can expect PDS will also get it much due push and will be able to fulfill the long cherished goal of Food security.