Consider the following statements with referenceto the Public Distribution System in India 1. The Public Distribution System is operated under the joint responsibility of Central and State Governments. 2. The responsibility of procurement is with the Cent

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Q: 28 (IES/2002)
Consider the following statements with referenceto the Public Distribution System in India
1. The Public Distribution System is operated under the joint responsibility of Central and State Governments.
2. The responsibility of procurement is with the Central Government while the storage and distribution are the resposibilities of State Governments.
3. The issue price of foodgrains for Below Poverty Line families is fixed at 60% of the economic cost.
4. The Antyodaya Anna Yoj ana has been launched in order to make the Targetted Public Distribution System (TPDS) more focused towards the poor.
Which of these statements is/are correct?

question_subject: 

Polity

question_exam: 

IES

stats: 

0,46,12,7,2,46,3

keywords: 

{'targetted public distribution system': [0, 0, 1, 0], 'public distribution system': [0, 0, 1, 0], 'distribution': [0, 0, 1, 0], 'procurement': [0, 0, 4, 2], 'central government': [1, 0, 0, 1], 'below poverty line families': [0, 0, 1, 0], 'resposibilities': [0, 0, 1, 0], 'state governments': [3, 4, 3, 22], 'joint responsibility': [0, 0, 1, 0], 'responsibility': [3, 1, 3, 5], 'tpds': [0, 0, 2, 0], 'india': [8, 1, 7, 13], 'economic cost': [0, 0, 2, 1], 'issue price': [0, 0, 1, 0]}