Volume-XII, Issue-II, March 2026 |
A Study on Public Distribution System of Assam Dr. Minakshi Duarah, Assistant Professor, Dept. of Economics, Eastern Karbi Anglong College, Karbi Anglong, Assam, India |
Received: 21.02.2026 | Accepted: 09.03.2026 | Published Online: 31.03.2026 | Page No: | ||||
DOI: 10.29032/ijhsss.vol.12.issue.02W. | |||||||
ABSTRACT | ||
The Public Distribution System of India is perhaps the largest distribution system in the world. It is a major instrument of the Government to ensure availability of food grain at an affordable and reasonable price to ensure food security to the poor i.e. who are nutritionally at risk. It is an important constituent of the strategy of poverty reduction of the Government of India and serve as a safety net for the poor. Both the Central and State Governments jointly undertake the responsibility of operating PDS. In Assam, the Food and Civil Supplies Department takes the responsibilities of allocation and distribution of food grains, identification of families below the poverty line, issue of ration cards, supervision and monitoring of stock position and distribution of food articles, etc. by the fair price shops. The study aims to know the performance of schemes of the Public Distribution System under the Central Sector and Centrally Sponsored Schemes, and under the State sector in recent years in Assam. The study is descriptive in nature using secondary data collected from publications of the Government, research articles, websites, etc. | ||
Keywords: Public Distribution System, central and state sectors, etc. |