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  2. Public Distribution System (India) - Wikipedia

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    The Indian minister of agriculture Sharad Pawar meets representatives of the All India Fair Price Shop Dealer's Federation in 2004.. The Public Distribution System (PDS) is a food security system that was established by the Government of India under the Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution to distribute food and non-food items to India's poor at subsidised rates.

  3. Andhra Pradesh State Civil Supplies Corporation Limited

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    The company is headed by a chairman including 2-8 board of directors. The chairman is appointed by the Government of Andhra Pradesh.The organisation undertakes the public distribution system and market intervention as a measure for controlling prices and also minimum support price as per the orders issued by the Government of Andhra Pradesh.

  4. Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution

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    The Indian Public Distribution System (PDS) is a national food security system that distributes subsidised food to India's poor. Major commodities include wheat , rice , sugar and kerosene . Surpluses of food from increased crop yields (as a result of the Green Revolution and good monsoon seasons) are managed by the Food Corporation of India ...

  5. Food distribution - Wikipedia

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    The United States' food distribution system is vast in size and strength, and is dominated by corporations and industry. Current methods of food distribution in the US rely on the country's advanced network of infrastructure and transportation. [5] [8] In less developed parts of the world like Latin America, food distribution differs from the ...

  6. National Food Security Act, 2013 - Wikipedia

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    [9] The Bill extends coverage of the Targeted Public Distribution System, India's principal domestic food aid program, to two thirds of the population, or approximately 820 million people. Initially, the Lok Sabha Standing Committee on Food, Consumer Affairs and Public Distribution estimated a "total requirement of foodgrains, as per the Bill ...

  7. Ration card (India) - Wikipedia

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    Ration cards are an official document issued by state governments in India to households that are eligible to purchase subsidised food grain from the Public Distribution System under the National Food Security Act (NFSA). They also serve as a common form of identification for many Indians.

  8. Food security in India - Wikipedia

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    The Food Corporation of India (FCI) was established in 1965 for the purpose of procurement, storage, and distribution of food grains. It has been playing a major role in the food security of India. [10] The National Food Security Act,2013 (NFSA 2013) converts into legal entitlements for existing food security programs of the Government of India.

  9. History of agriculture in the Indian subcontinent - Wikipedia

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    The crisis was most acute in Bengal, where food output declined at an annual rate of about 0.7 % from 1921 to 1946, when population grew at an annual rate of about 1 %. The British regime in India did supply the irrigation works but rarely on the scale required. Community effort and private investment soared as market for irrigation developed.