Grains distributed through PDS suffer 28% pilferage
Hindustan Times|November 18, 2024
India's public distribution system (PDS), despite being linked to the biometric Aadhaar-based platform, suffers from leakages, resulting in at least 20 million tonnes of free food grains for the poor being either stolen or wasted, an analysis by leading economists shows.
Zia Haq
Grains distributed through PDS suffer 28% pilferage

Nearly 28% of cereals distributed to the 813 million beneficiaries of the National Food Security Act 2013 do not reach households they are meant to, according to a paper by Ashok Gulati, an economist with the Indian Council for Research on International Economic Relations, or ICRIER, New Delhi.

The findings were based on national consumption data, underscoring the need to plug gaps in a supply chain spread across the country.

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