explain the two components of the food security system designed by the government of india - Social Science - Food Security in India

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explain the two components of the food security system designed
by the government of india

Deepan · Answer

the two comonents are :
Buffer stock :
A buffer stock scheme or storage of grains as
buffer is an attempt to buy and store the grains when they are in
surplus amount in the market and then sell them when there is
shortage of food and the demand rises very much in order to
stabilize the prices of the grains

PDS system :
Public Distribution System (PDS) is an Indian food security
system It is established by the Government of India under Ministry
of Consumer Affairs, Food, and Public Distribution and managed
jointly with state governments in India It distributes subsidised
food and non-food items to India's poor through a network of Public
distribution shops (PDS) established in several states across the
country