Research Methods Public Distribution

System

Group 6, Section A
Aditya Pratap Singh Chauhan
Akhilesh Purohit
Ashutosh Kumar Singh
Benpal Singh
Harneet Sachdeva
Isha Das

29NMP05
29NMP06
29NMP18
29NMP20
29NMP31
29NMP33

Research Topic
PDS (Public distribution system)
Public distribution system (PDS) is an Indian food security system.
Established by the Government of India under Ministry of Consumer
Affairs, Food, and Public Distribution and managed jointly with state
governments in India, it distributes subsidized food and non-food items
to India's poor.

Key Research Areas

Flaws in Distribution system
Black Marketing of the food supply
Food insecurity
Measures/checks to improve the efficiency
of the PDS

Objective
Determine the reasons why all PDS beneficiaries (which include
AAY, BPL and APL card holders) do not receivebenefits of the
subsidized food.

Hypothesis
Inadequate food availability in FPS leads to unservedPDS
beneficiaries.

Variables
Procurement price, Procurement volume, Distribution costs, Grain
type, grain production and Identification of BPL Families in
census.