Question

Explain the working of public distribution system (PDS) and the Targeted public distribution system (TPDS) to make food available to economically weaker sections of the society.

02 Mar 2022
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Public Distribution System in 1960s:

The public distribution of essential commodities was in existence in the country during the inter-war period. However, PDS, with its focus on distribution of foodgrains in urban scarcity areas, had emanated from the critical food shortages of 1960s. PDS had substantially contributed to the containment of rise in food grains prices and ensured access of food to urban consumers. As the national agricultural production had grown in the aftermath of Green Revolution, the outreach of PDS was extended to tribal blocks and areas of high incidence of poverty in the 1970s and 1980s.

Targeted Public Distribution System (TPDS):

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