Public Distribution System & Food Security: A Study of Bikali Samabay Samiti Area, Goalpara

Using the methodology of overdetermination, class process of surplus labor as the entry point and socially determined need of food security, we deliver an alternative class-focused rendition of the public distribution system (PDS) in India. We first surmise our theoretical framework to infer that the overdetermined and contradictory relation of class and social needs matter for PDS. Beyond the reasoning of being pro-poor, fair, or wasteful, we deploy this framework to reinterpret the formation of Indian PDS in the 1960s. Its demonstration requires revisiting the historical condition that shaped capital’s passive revolution through the post-independence Indian state and its subsequent crisis arising out of the contradictions and conflicts in the class-need space. We argue that PDS signals a case of success and not failure of capitalism.

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Factors for Success in IT Implementation

International Journal of Knowledge-Based Organizations ◽

10.4018/ijkbo.2018010101 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 8 (1) ◽

pp. 1-15

Author(s):

Barada Prasanna Mohapatra ◽

Debendra Kumar Mahalik

Keyword(s):

Information Technology ◽

Food Security ◽

Decision Maker ◽

Distribution System ◽

Success Factors ◽

Interpretive Structural Modeling ◽

Efficient System ◽

Public Distribution System ◽

It Implementation ◽

System Effectiveness

In the competitive era, Information Technology (IT) is an integral part of the system and Government domain is no exception due to its advantage. Public Distribution System (PDS) is one such application, through which Government in India ensures food security to its citizen. But the traditional systems are being built with short coming resulted in efficient system. The usages of IT in PDS have made transformation to e-PDS. But the success of e-PDS depends on many factors. In our study, we have tried to find out the success factors using Interpretive Structural Modeling (ISM) and to find their interrelationship, which helps the decision maker to look in to the system effectiveness prospective.

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Public Distribution System in Bihar, India: Implications for Food Security

Journal of Agricultural & Food Information ◽

10.1080/10496505.2016.1206018 ◽

2016 ◽

Vol 17 (4) ◽

pp. 300-315 ◽

Cited By ~ 6

Author(s):

Anjani Kumar ◽

Shinoj Parappurathu ◽

Suresh Babu ◽

Rajeev Betne

Keyword(s):

Food Security ◽

Distribution System ◽

Public Distribution System

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RECENT TRENDS IN THE DEBATE ON INDIA’S NATIONAL FOOD SECURITY ACT (NFSA) – 2013: TRAGEDY OR TRIUMPH?

GEOGRAPHY ENVIRONMENT SUSTAINABILITY ◽

10.24057/2071-9388-2018-11-2-108-124 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 11 (2) ◽

pp. 108-124 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Adnan Shakeel

Keyword(s):

Food Security ◽

Present Article ◽

Distribution System ◽

Sources Of Information ◽

Secondary Sources ◽

Public Distribution System ◽

Heavy Burden ◽

The Government ◽

The Cost ◽

National Food Security

Present article follow up the recent debates that is being discussed in the country with respect to the National Food Security Act – 2013. Present article is based on the secondary sources of information collected through various books, magazines, journals, newspapers, government and non-governmental reports. The purpose of the article is to trace the discussion among various economist, planners, researchers and policy makers in order to analyse whether National food Security Act is a triumph for those who are in desperate need of it (poor and destitute), or a tragedy for those officials speaking against the Act. The main emphasis of the article is to discuss the cost of implementation of NFSA because it was believed that after its implementation it will put heavy burden on the government exchequer due to subsidies provided under it. Article also examines the challenges related to Food Corporation of India with respect to procurement, storage and distribution of foodgrains. Moreover, article also discusses the NFSA with respect to the Integrated Child Development Scheme, its affect on small and marginal farmers of the country, challenges related to public distribution system.

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