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Organization and Working of Public Distribution System in
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Brij Pal1*
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Organization and Working of Public Distribution System in
India: A Critical Analysis
Brij Pal1*
1.
Department of Public Administration, S.
A.
Jain College, Ambala City 134003, Haryana, India
* E-mail of the corresponding author: drbrijpal@yahoo.
com
Abstract
The Public Distribution System (PDS) plays an important role in the provision of food security.
PDS in
India facilitates the supply of food grains to the poor at a subsidized price.
It also helps to modulate open market prices for commodities that are distributed through the system.
Government accords great
importance to the objective of measuring outcomes of PDS so as to ensure that equal distribution system
serves up the purpose for which it was set up.
The present paper critically analyzes the organizational
structure and their loopholes in the functioning of agencies like
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