Targeted Public Distribution System (TPDS)

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Targeted_Public_Distribution_System_(TPDS)

GPTKB entity

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
gptkbp:instanceOf	Public Distribution System
gptkbp:administeredBy	gptkb:Ministry_of_Consumer_Affairs,_Food_and_Public_Distribution
gptkbp:beneficiaryCard	gptkb:Ration_Card
gptkbp:benefit	Above Poverty Line (APL) families Below Poverty Line (BPL) families subsidized food grains
gptkbp:challenge	supply chain management corruption and pilferage identification of eligible beneficiaries
gptkbp:component	gptkb:Central_Issue_Price_(CIP) gptkb:Fair_Price_Shop_Dealers gptkb:Food_Corporation_of_India_(FCI) gptkb:State_Civil_Supplies_Corporations Beneficiary Identification
gptkbp:country	gptkb:India
gptkbp:covers	all states and union territories of India over 800 million beneficiaries (as of 2023)
gptkbp:criticizedFor	inclusion and exclusion errors leakages and diversion of food grains
gptkbp:dataCollected	gptkb:Socio-Economic_and_Caste_Census_(SECC)
gptkbp:distributedBy	gptkb:Fair_Price_Shops
gptkbp:firstReleased	1997
gptkbp:foodGrainAllocation	monthly
gptkbp:fundedBy	gptkb:Central_Government_of_India
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label	Targeted Public Distribution System (TPDS)
gptkbp:identificationAuthority	gptkb:State_Governments
gptkbp:impact	improved food security for poor households
gptkbp:launched	gptkb:Government_of_India
gptkbp:monitoringAgency	gptkb:Central_and_State_Governments
gptkbp:objective	reduce hunger and malnutrition ensure availability of essential commodities at affordable prices
gptkbp:platform	gptkb:National_Food_Security_Act,_2013
gptkbp:priceDifferentiation	BPL and APL families pay different prices
gptkbp:product	gptkb:rice gptkb:sugar gptkb:wheat kerosene
gptkbp:purpose	provide food security to the poor
gptkbp:reformed	gptkb:Direct_Benefit_Transfer_(DBT)_pilots Aadhaar-based authentication computerization of PDS
gptkbp:relatedTo	gptkb:Antyodaya_Anna_Yojana gptkb:Pradhan_Mantri_Garib_Kalyan_Anna_Yojana
gptkbp:replacedBy	gptkb:Universal_Public_Distribution_System
gptkbp:subsidyType	food subsidy
gptkbp:targetingMethod	identification of poor households
gptkbp:bfsParent	gptkb:Food_Security_Bill
gptkbp:bfsLayer	7