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https://ir.vidyasagar.ac.in/jspui/handle/123456789/1858| Title: | Evolution of Public Distribution System in India, 1939-2013 |
| Authors: | Das, Prabir Kumar |
| Keywords: | PDS Fair Price Shops BPL Antyodaya Annya Yojana National Food Security Bill |
| Issue Date: | 2016 |
| Publisher: | Vidyasagar University , Midnapore , West Bengal , India |
| Series/Report no.: | Vidyasagar University Journal of History;2015-2016 |
| Abstract: | The present article explores the evolution of Public Distribution System in India from its initiation in 1939 to 2013. Up to the mid-sixties the PDS was seen as a mere rationing system to distribute the scarce commodities. Later it was seen as a Fair price system and imports constituted a major proportion in the supplies for PDS. After 1978 there was a large-scale expansion of the PDS supported by domestic procurement and stocks. In 1992 the targeted PDS was transformed from a general and universal scheme to a scheme targeting food subsidy to BPL households. After the enactment of National Food Security Bill (2013), the TPDS in now being transformed into a legal entitlement based food security system. |
| URI: | http://inet.vidyasagar.ac.in:8080/jspui/handle/123456789/1858 |
| ISSN: | 2321-0834 |
| Appears in Collections: | Vidyasagar University Journal of History Vol 4 [2015-2016] |
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