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How does Public Distribution System ensure food security in India? Explain.
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The Public Distribution System
ensures food security in India
through
government-regulated ration shops
among the poorer sections of the society. These ration shops, known as
‘Fair Price Shops’,
are present in most localities, villages, towns, and cities.
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They
keep stocks of food grains, sugar, and kerosene oil for cooking purposes.
These items are sold to the public at a price lower than the market price.
- Any family with a ration card can buy a stipulated amount of these items like thirty-five kg of grains, five liters of kerosene, five kg of sugar, etc. every month from the nearby ration shops.
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