What is public Distribuction system? Menction the advantages and Disadvantages
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Explanation:
i) The food procured by the FCI is distributed through government regulated ration shops among the poorer section of the society. This is called the Public Distribution System (PDS).
(ii) Ration shops are now present in most localities, villages, towns and cities. There are about 46 lakh ration shops all over the country. These ration shops, also called Fair Price Shops, keep stock of foodgrains, sugar, kerosene oil for cooking.
(iii) These items are sold to people at a price lower than the market price Any family with a ration card can buy a stipulated amount of these items, e.g. 35 kgs of grains, 5 litres of kerosene, 5 kgs of sugar, etc., every month from the nearby ration shop
The following are the advantages of the public distribution system:
1 . It has helped in stabilising food prices and making food available to consumers at affordable prices.
2 . It has helped in avoiding hunger and famine by supplying food from surplus regions of the country to deficient regions.
3. The system of minimum support price and procurement has contributed to increase in foodgrain production.
The following are the disadvantages of the public distribution system;
1. Instances of hunger occur despite granaries being full. This points to certain lacunae or inefficiency in the system.