2025, Vol. 6, Issue 1, Part E
A study of targete public distribution system in Himachal Pradesh with special reference to BPL Familes
Author(s): Rakesh Kumar
Abstract: Food security at the level of each individual child, woman and man is the first requirement for a healthy and productive life. Jawaharlal Nehru had said in 1947, “everything else can wait, but not agriculture”. These words are more relevant today than 65 years ago, since our population has grown from 300 to 1,200 million during this period. The vision of food security in developing country like India where corruption is prominent in every sphere of public life can’t be fulfilled without the transparent and effective Public Distribution System (PDS) which is a programmer of food security that provides a minimum amount of cereals at subsidized prices. Public Distribution System is a system whereby accessibility of vital supplies is assured within easy reach of the consumers in every corner and bend of the country. This is a transaction system where food grains, sugar, and other necessary items like kerosene oil and edible oil etc. are made available to the people of the state at reasonable price to meet their minimum needs. Regular and timely availability of supplies is assured through close monitoring system to make Public Distribution System an effective instrument against various forces in the open market and to keep under check the inflator tendencies. Certain supply on fixed and reasonable prices also keep in control the changeable trends of market due to vagaries of weather and subsequent changing prospects of crops. Public Distribution System serves as a steady stable check on market forces and works as an effective stabilizing factor. Public Distribution System also serves as an effective tool of social welfare and directly contributes to the development of rural population at large and the poorest of the poor in particular who cannot afford to buy necessary and essential items from open market.
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Rakesh Kumar. A study of targete public distribution system in Himachal Pradesh with special reference to BPL Familes. Asian J Manage Commerce 2025;6(1):404-408.
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