1. PUBLIC DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM –
IMPROVING EFFICIENCY AND REACH
Presented By:
Paresh Uppal
Antara Mukherjee
Vidit Pandey
Sameer Arora
Siddharth Agarwal

2. 6S FRAMEWORK FOR PDS
Basic Aims of Life
Physical Mental
Short term Long Term Short Term Long term
Sustainability
Survival
V Health
E
D
Stability
V Livelihood
E
D
Strength
V
E
Rights fulfillment
D
Success
V
E
D
Superiority
V
E
D
V – Vital E – Essential D - Desirable
Affected party(BPL families) approach

3. EntitiesCurrent State Desired State
Food Corporation
of India
People-BPL,
Antodaya
Public distribution
System
Improper Storage of Food
Inefficient Distribution
system
Leakage to non target
beneficiaries
Good Storage systems
Efficient Distribution
system
PROBLEM SPECIFICATION
Guaranteed and effective
delivery to the desired
beneficiaries

4. MISSION
To improve the reach and efficiency of the Public Distribution System
and
VISION
Every deserving human receives adequate nutrition
PROPOSED SOLUTION
1. Improve infrastructure for cold storage
2. Re-think the Supply Chain for PDS/National Food Security Ordinance
3. De-politicize the system; privatize and involve logistics companies

5. • Reduction in subsidies by Rs. 1.98 can save Rs. 154 Cr annually and can be re-
invested for developing cold storage infrastructure (See attached excel file)
IMPROVING INFRASTRUCTURE
RE-THINKING THE SUPPLY CHAIN
• Currently, the government wants to pick up grains from farmers, warehouse and
then re-distributing to the BPL
• This brings in numerous inefficiencies
• We need to utilize private 3PL providers to pick up create an efficient model of
distribution
• All the cash transfer should be done independent of delivery and should be carried
out by the Government via Direct Cash Transfer

6. • PDS should include pulses and other nutritional elements in order to ensure
complete health well-being
• PDS should be tracked using new technologies in the system to take care of
unscrupulous activity in the food supply chain
• NGOs can be involved to distribute food surplus in “office food courts” to the
nearby rural areas
- Such an initiative has been taken by students of IIT Madras to distribute surplus
food in mess area to the poor in and around Chennai
LONG TERM VIEW OF PDS