Introduction Objectives Different types of programmes Challenges Initiatives are taken by GOI AND state government Criticism

1. Presented By
Guru Dayal Kumar
Research Scholar, ANSISS
Email- gurudayal1996@gmail.com

2.  Food Security System under the Ministry of Consumer Affairs,
Food, and Public Distribution.
 PDS evolved as a system of management of scarcity through
distribution of food grains (wheat, rice, sugar and kerosene ) at
affordable prices.
 Some States/UTs also distribute additional items of mass consumption
through the PDS outlets such as pulses, edible
oils, iodized salt, spices, etc.
 PDS is operated under the joint responsibility of the Central and the
State Governments.

3.  Introduced around World War II
 Agriculture Prices Commission FCI
 Revamped Public Distribution System (RPDS) – June
1992
 Targeted Public Distribution System (TPDS) – June
1997
 below the poverty line or BPL;above the poverty line or
APL.
 Antyodaya Anna Yojana (AAY): launched in December,
2000
 National Food Security Act, 2013- making the right to
food a justiciable right.

5.  Identification of beneficiaries : large inclusion
and exclusion errors.
 Leakage of food grains: (Transportation leakages
+ Black Marketing by FPS owners)
 Minimum support price (MSP)discourages
crop diversification.
 Environmental issues: environmentally
unsustainable- rapid groundwater depletion,
deteriorating soil and water conditions fromn
overuse of fertilisers.

6.  Role of Aadhar:address the problem of inclusion and
exclusion errors.
 Types of reforms -
 Digitisation of ration cards,
 Computerised allocation to FPS,
 Issue of smart cards in place of ration cards,
 Use of GPS technology,
 SMS based monitoring,
 Use of webbased citizens‘ portal
 PDS vs. Cash Transfers

7.  Reetika Khera and Anmol Somanchi suggested that instead
of using a technologically Demanding and unreliable
option such as ABBA for last-mile authentication, the
central government should explore more reliable options
such as non-biometric smart cards.
 Hartej Singh Hundal, Janani A P, and Bidisha Chaudhuri
whose investigation into the use of Aadhaar at FPS in
Karnataka and Tamil Nadu revealed that instead of
“technological fixes,” the welfare delivery system requires a
more nuanced approach towards administrative reform.

8.  In their surveys across Mamata Pradhan and Devesh Roy
find An SC woman in Bihar claimed that she was denied
the ration card due to her allegiance to the Bhumihar
household who had contested and had lost the panchayat
election in the village.
 Returning migrants Due to the COVID-19 are struggling
just to get ration cards.
 Jean Drèze Reetika Khera Jessica Pudussery find that
Bihar’s public distribution system used to be one of the
worst in India.
 In the 2021 Global Hunger Index, India ranks 101st out of
the 116 countries.
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