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QUESTION PYQ 01
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10 marks

What are the major challenges of Public Distribution System (PDS) in India? How can it be made effective and transparent ?

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What the examiner wants

For PDS Reform, explain in sequence: first, What are the major challenges of Public Distribution System (PDS) in India; then, How can it be made effective and transparent . Keep evidence and the conclusion tied to these exact limbs.

ExplainMake clear how and why it happens: causes, process, and an example for each point.

Demand-wise check

  1. 1What are the major challenges of Public Distribution System (PDS) in India?≈55 words
  2. 2How can it be made effective and transparent ?≈55 words

Open in about 20 words and close in about 20.

Answer plan

Farm/value-chain contextSpecific constraints/driversIncentive/technology/policy linkageFarmer/market outcomeEnabling conditions for PDS Reform

Where marks usually go

  • Over-writing ‘What are the major challenges of Public Distribution System (PDS) in India’ while reducing ‘How can it be made effective and transparent ’ to a token paragraph
  • Adding correct but adjacent facts on PDS Reform that do not advance the exact causal, comparative or evaluative task in this PYQ

Value addition

  • PDS Reform: mechanism/value-chain diagram — input/constraint → transmission → outcome → policy lever
    → Draw it in the body, next to the point it supports.

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