What is it about?
The Government of India introduced the National Food Security Act (NFSA) 2013 to strengthen the public distribution system (PDS) in India. Extending the PDS service network is a contentious issue, especially for India’s rural regions. This article aims to estimate the level of expansion of the PDS network, additional food grain requirement, and increased storage facilities required to serve the growing population of India up to 2025. The statistical analysis highlights the need for significant changes in the PDS to meet NFSA, and the findings can aid policy-makers to design a more robust PDS.
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Why is it important?
This article estimates the requirement of the level of expansion of the PDS network, additional food grain requirement, and increased storage facilities to serve the growing population of India up to 2025.
Perspectives
The statistical analysis highlights the need for significant changes in the PDS.
Sayan Chakraborty
Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur
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This page is a summary of: India 2025: the public distribution system and National Food Security Act 2013, Development in Practice, October 2018, Taylor & Francis,
DOI: 10.1080/09614524.2018.1527290.
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