The PDS has been an integral part of India’s food policy since the World War ll period, when statutory rationing was introduced in big cities, such as Mumbai and Kolkata. After independence also, the GoI has continued to follow the system, although the nature and the entent of government intervention has varied over time, depending on fluctuations in food grains production and price rise. The First Five Year Plan emphasized the distribution of food grain through the statutory rationing system in cities and towns having population of more than 5,000 persons and in chronically food-deficit areas of the country. In the Second Five Year Plan, the PDS was extended to cover, besides food grains, other essential commodities also. In the Third Five Year Plan, a procurement and distribution system was created for ensuring price stabilization.
The PDS has been an integral part of India’s food policy since the World War ll period, when statutory rationing was introduced in big cities, such as Mumbai and Kolkata. After independence also, the GoI has continued to follow the system, although the nature and the entent of government intervention has varied over time, depending on fluctuations in food grains production and price rise. The First Five Year Plan emphasized the distribution of food grain through the statutory rationing system in cities and towns having population of more than 5,000 persons and in chronically food-deficit areas of the country. In the Second Five Year Plan, the PDS was extended to cover, besides food grains, other essential commodities also. In the Third Five Year Plan, a procurement and distribution system was created for ensuring price stabilization.
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