PUBLIC DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM

Public distribution system (PDS) Click upon to enlarge Food supply chain Topics- ( upsc GS-3 paper) : PDS, MSP, buffer stocks, food security, subsidy Objectives : To address anemia and micronutrient deficiency Fortification of rice and its distribution by mixing normal rice to add ( iron, folic acid, v-b-12) To eliminate malnutrition To provide food security To remove problems of stunting Historical travel of PDS: Public distribution system first emerged in India during the world War 2 in 1940s as a rationing measure as a general entitlement scheme. Before 1960s, it was dependent on imported food grains. There was extreme shortage of food grains so that government setup " Agriculture price commission " and " Food Corporation of India " to improve domestic procurement and storage of food grains for public distribution. By the 1970s, PDS had evolved into universal scheme from general scheme for the distribution of s...