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