Targeted Public Distribution System

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Targeted_Public_Distribution_System
GPTKB entity
Statements (30)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf Government program
gptkbp:abbreviation TPDS
gptkbp:administeredBy gptkb:Ministry_of_Consumer_Affairs,_Food_and_Public_Distribution
gptkbp:benefit over 800 million (as of 2023)
Below Poverty Line families
Above Poverty Line families
gptkbp:country gptkb:India
gptkbp:covers all states and union territories of India
gptkbp:criticizedFor leakages and inefficiency
gptkbp:distributionThrough gptkb:Fair_Price_Shops
gptkbp:firstReleased 1997
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Targeted Public Distribution System
gptkbp:launched gptkb:Government_of_India
gptkbp:platform gptkb:National_Food_Security_Act,_2013
gptkbp:product gptkb:rice
gptkb:sugar
gptkb:wheat
kerosene
gptkbp:purpose food security
poverty alleviation
gptkbp:reformMeasures Aadhaar-based authentication
Direct Benefit Transfer pilots
digitization of ration cards
gptkbp:relatedGroup economically vulnerable sections
gptkbp:relatedTo Public Distribution System
gptkbp:selfIdentification State governments
gptkbp:subsidyType food subsidy
gptkbp:website https://dfpd.gov.in
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Public_Distribution_System
gptkbp:bfsLayer 6