A Study on Real Consumption levels and Performance of Public Distribution System in Thoothukudi District

Abstract

Thoothukudi district, Public Distribution System is currently operated state government as the joint responsibility of procuring, storing, transporting and allocation of food grains to the governments.  The policy of allocation under the Public Distribution System in India has been the subject of intense debate among economists as well as in policy circles. For instance, Parikh (1994) emphasized the implicit subsidy through Public Distribution System. So the principle of allocation is somewhat adhoc.