Refiners must sell 40% of their output to the public distribution system at a loss.

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People steal from the cheap-food shops of the Public Distribution System (PDS) on an industrial scale.

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How can the food grains be distributed through the leaky public distribution system shops without reforming them?

BBC: India food law: The hungry republic

Then there are India's notoriously fickle public distribution system shops aimed at providing food security to people.

BBC: India food law: The hungry republic

The public distribution system, for example, could be made accountable by issuing smart cards to beneficiaries to eliminate bogus cards and fraudulent withdrawal.

BBC: India food law: The hungry republic

Part of what is produced has to be offered to the state at a discounted price so it can be sold through the subsidized public distribution system to the poor.

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It also boasts the lowest birth and infant mortality rates, more hospital beds than any other state, plus the greatest per-capita supply of foodgrain through the state public distribution system.

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