what role do fair price shop play in providing food security
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They supply food materials to poor and needy people.
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A public distribution shop, also known as fair price shop (FPS), is a part of India's public system established by Government of Indiawhich distributes rations at a subsidized price to the poor.[6] Locally these are known as "ration shops" and Public distribution shops and chiefly sell wheat, rice and sugar at a price lower than the market price called Issue Price. Other essential commodities may also be sold. To buy items one must have a "Ration Card". These shops are operated throughout the country by joint assistance of central and state government. The items from these shops are much cheaper but are of average quality. Ration shops are now present in most localities, villages towns and cities. India has 478,000 shops constituting the largest distribution network in the world.
The introduction of rationing in India dates back to the 1940s Bengal famine. This rationing system was revived in the wake of acute food shortage during the early 1960s, before the Green Revolution.It involves 2 types- RPDS and TPDS.
The public distribution system of India is not without its defects. With a coverage of around 40 million below-poverty-line families, a review discovered the following structural shortcomings and disturbances:[7]
Growing instances of the consumers receiving inferior quality food grains in ration shops.[8]
Deceitful dealers replace good supplies received from the Food Corporation of India(FCI) with inferior stock and sell FCI stock in the black market.
Illicit fair price shop owners have been found to create large number of bogus cards to sell food grains in the open market.
Many FPS dealers resort to malpractice, illegal diversions of commodities, holding and black marketing due to the minimum salary received by them.[9]
Numerous malpractices make safe and nutritious food inaccessible and unaffordable to many poor thus resulting in their food insecurity.[10]
Identification of households to be denoted status and distribution to granted PDS services has been highly irregular and diverse in various states. The recent development of Aadhar UIDAI cards has taken up the challenge of solving the problem of identification and distribution of PDs services along with Direct Cash Transfers.
Regional allocation and coverage of FPS are unsatisfactory and the core objective of price stabilization of essential commodities has not met.
There is no set criteria as to which families are above or below the poverty line. This ambiguity gives massive scope for corruption and fallouts in PDS systems because some who are meant to benefit are not able to.
Several schemes have augmented the number of people aided by PDS, but the number is extremely low. Poor supervision of FPS and lack of accountability have spurred middlemen who consume a good proportion of the stock meant for the poor. There is also no clarity as to which families should be included in the below the poverty line list and which are not. This results in the genuinely poor being excluded whilst the ineligible get several cards. Awareness about the presence of the PDS and FPS to poverty-stricken societies, namely the rural poor has been dismal.
The stock assigned to a single family cannot be bought in installments. This is a decisive barrier to the efficient functioning and overall success of PDS in India. Many families below the poverty line are not able to acquire ration cards either because they are seasonal migrant workers or because they live in unauthorized colonies. A lot of families also mortgage their ration cards for money. Lack of clarity in the planning and structuring of social safety and security programs in India has resulted in the creation of numerous cards for the poor. Limited information about the overall use of cards has discouraged families below the poverty line from registering for new cards and increased illegal creation of cards by such families to ensure maximum benefit for the family members.[11]
To improve the current system of the PDS, the following suggestions are furnished for:
Vigilance squad should be strengthened to detect corruption, which is an added expenditure for taxpayers.
Personnel-in-charge of the department should be chosen locally.
Margin of profit should be increased for honest business, in which case the market system is more apt anyway.
F.C.I. and other prominent agencies should provide quality food grains for distribution, which is a tall order for an agency that has no real incentive to do so.
Frequent checks & raids should be conducted to eliminate bogus and duplicate cards, which is again an added expenditure and not foolproof.
The Civil Supplies Corporation should open more fair price shops in rural areas.
The fair price dealers seldom display rate chart and quantity available in the block-boards in front of the shop. This should be enforced.
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The introduction of rationing in India dates back to the 1940s Bengal famine. This rationing system was revived in the wake of acute food shortage during the early 1960s, before the Green Revolution.It involves 2 types- RPDS and TPDS.
The public distribution system of India is not without its defects. With a coverage of around 40 million below-poverty-line families, a review discovered the following structural shortcomings and disturbances:[7]
Growing instances of the consumers receiving inferior quality food grains in ration shops.[8]
Deceitful dealers replace good supplies received from the Food Corporation of India(FCI) with inferior stock and sell FCI stock in the black market.
Illicit fair price shop owners have been found to create large number of bogus cards to sell food grains in the open market.
Many FPS dealers resort to malpractice, illegal diversions of commodities, holding and black marketing due to the minimum salary received by them.[9]
Numerous malpractices make safe and nutritious food inaccessible and unaffordable to many poor thus resulting in their food insecurity.[10]
Identification of households to be denoted status and distribution to granted PDS services has been highly irregular and diverse in various states. The recent development of Aadhar UIDAI cards has taken up the challenge of solving the problem of identification and distribution of PDs services along with Direct Cash Transfers.
Regional allocation and coverage of FPS are unsatisfactory and the core objective of price stabilization of essential commodities has not met.
There is no set criteria as to which families are above or below the poverty line. This ambiguity gives massive scope for corruption and fallouts in PDS systems because some who are meant to benefit are not able to.
Several schemes have augmented the number of people aided by PDS, but the number is extremely low. Poor supervision of FPS and lack of accountability have spurred middlemen who consume a good proportion of the stock meant for the poor. There is also no clarity as to which families should be included in the below the poverty line list and which are not. This results in the genuinely poor being excluded whilst the ineligible get several cards. Awareness about the presence of the PDS and FPS to poverty-stricken societies, namely the rural poor has been dismal.
The stock assigned to a single family cannot be bought in installments. This is a decisive barrier to the efficient functioning and overall success of PDS in India. Many families below the poverty line are not able to acquire ration cards either because they are seasonal migrant workers or because they live in unauthorized colonies. A lot of families also mortgage their ration cards for money. Lack of clarity in the planning and structuring of social safety and security programs in India has resulted in the creation of numerous cards for the poor. Limited information about the overall use of cards has discouraged families below the poverty line from registering for new cards and increased illegal creation of cards by such families to ensure maximum benefit for the family members.[11]
To improve the current system of the PDS, the following suggestions are furnished for:
Vigilance squad should be strengthened to detect corruption, which is an added expenditure for taxpayers.
Personnel-in-charge of the department should be chosen locally.
Margin of profit should be increased for honest business, in which case the market system is more apt anyway.
F.C.I. and other prominent agencies should provide quality food grains for distribution, which is a tall order for an agency that has no real incentive to do so.
Frequent checks & raids should be conducted to eliminate bogus and duplicate cards, which is again an added expenditure and not foolproof.
The Civil Supplies Corporation should open more fair price shops in rural areas.
The fair price dealers seldom display rate chart and quantity available in the block-boards in front of the shop. This should be enforced.
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