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Describe briefly the role of public distribution system in India.
Discuss the role of public distribution system in providing food security.
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Solution
- Stabilizing food prices and making food available at reasonable prices.
- Distributing food from surplus to deficit regions to prevent famines and hunger.
- Supporting increased food grain production by ensuring assured procurement at Minimum Support Prices (MSP) for farmers.
- Providing a safety net to vulnerable groups such as the poorest families and indigent senior citizens through specialized schemes like Antyodaya Anna Yojana and the Annapurna Scheme.
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