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What is a public distribution system?
Asked by Topperlearning User | 05 Oct, 2015, 01:19: PM
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Food purchased by the Food Corporation of India is distributed among the poor sections of society in a controlled way through ration shops. This system is known as the public distribution system. The ration or fair price shops sell food grains and other essential commodities to people at prices lower than the market rates.

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