PDS

Authorities in Delhi have taken a decision to make pulses available at almost half the market rate.

The project will be set up under the National Food Security Mission and aims to minimise the possibility of fake identity cards misused by people.

Since the National Food Security Act, 2013’s introduction, India’s Public Distribution System (PDS) for foodgrains has come under severe scrutiny from a variety of sources. But very few people actually understand the process by which food grains reach Ration Shops under the PDS. This short video from Factly takes a look.

Triveni is a resident of a settlement in east-Delhi and is classified by the government as a “low-income” person. She relies on the Public Distribution System (PDS) for her quota of essential food grains. However, Triveni had been unable to obtain her entitled food grains from the PDS shop for the last 3 months and wanted to know what she could do.