QUESTION 3
GS3
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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7 min
150 words
What the examiner wants
Identify the main problems of India's Public Distribution System and suggest how to make it effective and transparent.
ExplainMake clear how and why it happens: causes, process, and an example for each point.
Demand-wise check
- 1Challenges: identification errors, leakages and diversion, storage losses, nutritional limits (cereal-centric), portability issues≈35 words
- 2Reforms already done: end-to-end computerisation, ePoS, Aadhaar seeding, One Nation One Ration Card≈35 words
- 3Further steps: diversify (millets, pulses), social audit, grievance redress, better storage≈35 words
Open in about 20 words and close in about 20.
Answer plan
Role of PDSChallengesReforms doneFurther measuresConclusion
Where marks usually go
- Only listing challenges without solutions
- Not mentioning One Nation One Ration Card
Draw this
- Flow chart: FCI → state godowns → fair price shop → beneficiary, with leak points
Value addition
- LawNational Food Security Act, 2013 covers up to 75% of rural and 50% of urban population.NFSA 2013
- SchemeOne Nation One Ration Card lets beneficiaries draw ration anywhere in India.Department of Food and Public Distribution
Mapped topper copies
Reviewed public-source references related to this PYQ. Same-syllabus references are labelled separately.
- Aniket Ranjan · AIR 48 · Page 9 ↗Reviewed PYQ reference
- Shakti Dubey · AIR 1 · Page 29 ↗Same syllabus reference
- Aniket Ranjan · AIR 48 · Page 32 ↗Same syllabus reference
- Aniket Ranjan · AIR 48 · Page 7 ↗Same syllabus reference
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