Theme T142 · Agriculture & Food

PDS & buffer stocks

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What UPSC asks

UPSC asks PDS challenges and how to make it effective, and buffer stocks' role and storage challenges.

Prepare these

• TPDS reforms: ONORC, Aadhaar seeding, digitisation
• Leakages and exclusion
• Buffer stock norms and FCI storage
• Open Market Sale Scheme

Answer writing

• Problems → reforms

Directive words in these PYQs: Discuss (1), Elucidate (1).

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Syllabus lines covered

• GS3-L5 — Issues related to direct and indirect farm subsidies and minimum support prices; Public Distribution System- objectives, functioning, limitations, revamping; issues of buffer stocks and food security; Technology missions; economics of animal-rearing.

All 2 PYQs, newest first

1. GS3202415 marks · 250 wordsGS3-AGR-03-M2024-Q14

   Elucidate the importance of buffer stocks for stabilizing agricultural prices in India. What are the challenges associated with the storage of buffer stock? Discuss.

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2. GS3202210 marks · 150 wordsGS3-AGR-03-M2022-Q03

   What are the major challenges of Public Distribution System (PDS) in India? How can it be made effective and transparent?

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