Abstract
India is in the path of digitalisation. Each aspect of the economy is transmitting to digital. The Indian customers are fast going digital- snapping smart phones and tablets. Government at the Centre and in States are also being doing their bit by building digital infrastructure to bridge the mile network gap. Digitization of PDS is one among them. Public Distribution System is recognized as a permanent feature of the Indian economy and evolved for distribution of essential commodities at reasonable prices and management of emergency situations. The PDS in India is the largest distribution machinery in the world. But there are numerous problems associated with the Public Distribution System in terms of quality, quantity, storage, management etc. Those problems create a hindrance in the effective and efficient working of the system. To overcome the problems the Government of India made major reforms in PDS in 2015, digitisation of ration cards. The prime focus of Digitization reform is to make PDS more transparent and leak free. The paper makes an attempt to study the significance of Digitization in PDS and the different types of reforms in the Digitization process.
Keywords: PDS, Digitization, Leakage, Diversion
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