MANTHAN TOPIC - PLUGGING THE LEAKS

POWERED BY :

SOCIOMACS (St. Xavier’s College, KERALA)

FILLING THE POTHOLES (innovative solutions for effective PDS)

PROBLEMS FACED BY PDS

•SYSTEM LACKING TRANSPERENCY AND ACCOUNTABILITY •DIVERSION OF FOOD GRAINS TO BLACK MARKET •EXISTANCE OF BOGUS CARDS •POOR QUALITY OF FOOD GRAINS •UNABLE TO COMPETE WITH PRIVATE MARKET. •TONNES OF EDIBLE GRAINS DAMAGED DUE TO ABSENSE OF STORAGE FECILITY •ADULTARY OF EDIBLE COMMODITIES

•TECHNOLOGICAL BACKWARDNESS •NO PROPER MONITORING SYSTEM •LACK OF BASIC INFRASTRUCTURAL DEVELOPMENT

•CORRUPTION IN BEUROCRACY.

•UNWARRENTED GETTING BENEFITS

: •OFFERS A CLOSE MONITORING SYSTEM TO THE PDS.

•CAN ERADICATE AT MICRO LEVEL. •CAN PREVENT UNWARRENTED FROM GETTING BENEFIT. •CAN INCREASE FOOD PRODUCTION, LEADING TO . •CAN BALANCE DEMAND AND SUPPLY. •CREATING MORE FAIR PRICE SHOPS (FPS) IN REMOTE AREAS, IMPROVING TRANSPORT FECILITIES WHICH CAN ATTRACT INVESTMENTS. LEADING TO ECONOMIC PROSPIRITY. •MORE INVESTMENTS RESULTS IN MORE JOBS, THUS INCREASE IN PURCHASING POWER .

GROWTH PLAN FOR EFFECIVE PDS*

HEAT INCUBATOR

GPS TECHNOLOGY IN CARRIER TRUCKS

COMPUTERISING FAIR PRICE SHOPS

PROVIDING e-RATION CARDS

FINDING THE NEEDY VIA SELF HELP GROUPS

PROPOSED PANCHAYATI RAJ FUNCTIONS

PURCHASING POWER

KEEPING RECORD OF FPS OWNER’S ASSETS

PROMOTING AGRICULTURE IN RURAL

AREA

INTEGRATED GROWTH MODEL

•CONSTANTLY CHECKING THE REACH OF FOOD GRAINS TO THE POOR (BPL CARD HOLDERS).

•CAN ACT AS A MOBILE FPS, REACHING THE GRAINS TO THOSE AREAS WHERE TRANSPORT FECILITY IS UNAVAILABLE.

SELF HELP GROUPS

PRIVATE COMPANIES

•CAN INVEST MONEY IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF REMOTE AREAS, WHERE THEY CAN EXPAND THEIR WORK BASE. •TIES WITH PANCHAYATI RAJ INSTITUTIONS WILL BENEFIT IN MINERAL RICH BASINS LIKE CENTRAL AND WESTERN INDIA. •ROAD CONNECTIVITY RESULTS IN INVESTMENTS AND JOBS.

STAKE HOLDERS

PANCHAYATI RAJ INSTITUTIONS

•MONITORING THE SYSTEM. IDENTIFICATION OF THE NEEDY. •CAN CORPORATE WITH PRIVATE PARTNERS FOR ENHANCED TECHNOLOGICAL AND LAND CONNECTIVITY.

•CAN CHECK WHETHER PROMISES MADE BY PRIVATE PARTNERS ARE FULFILLED, VICE VERSA. •ZILLA PANCHAYATS FINDING SPACE FOR STORAGE FECILITIES.

•USE OF electronic - RATION CARDS STOPS DUPLICACY AND PREVENT EXCESS AMOUNT OF GRAINS REACHING SOMEONE ILLEGALLY. •CONNECTING VARIOUS FPS TO ZILLA PANCHAYAT THROUGH e-GOVERNANCE. •CAN EFFECTIVELY PREVENT THE REACH OF GOOD GRAINS TO THE BLACK MARKET. •THE PROPOSED GPS TECHNOLOGY GIVES DETAILS ABOUT THE TRUCKS CARRYING RICE, WHEAT, MAIZE AND KEROSINE. •ONE AND ONE LINK BETWEEN FPS AND PANCHAYATI RAJ INSTITUTIONS. •QUALITY CHECKING INSTRUMENTS CONNECTED TO THE SYSTEM, CHECKING QUALITY OF EDIBLE COMMODITIES CONSTANTLY. •CAN STOP POST-HARVEST LOSS.

IMPROVING STORAGE FECILITY

HIGH TECH CONTROL ROOMS

MONITORING.

•HERE, THE CARRIER TRUCKS ARE PROVIDED WITH GPS TECHNOLOGY AND SUITABLE TRACKING MECHANISMS ARE

MADE ATTACHED TO ZILLA PANCHAYATS.

•CAN STOP COMMODITIES FROM REACHING BLACK MARKET.

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•IN THIS MODEL, HEATERS ARE ATTACHED TO THE WHAREHOUSES, IT PRODUCES SUITABLE HEAT WAVES, PREVENTING FUNGUS GROWTH. CAN PRESERVE GRAINS FOR LONGER TIME. THUS INCREASING QUALITY OF EDIBLE COMMODITIES. •IT PROVIDES AN EXCELLENT MECHANISM TO PREVENT DECAYING OF FOOD GRAINS.

CLASSIFYING , INTERMS OF PER CAPITA INCOME. THUS OF POWER TO

DIFFERENT PANCHAYATI RAJ INSTITUTIONS..

ECONOMICALLY ACTIVATED

ECONOMICALLY ACTIVATING

ECONOMICALLY DE-ACTIVATED

•LOCATED IN THE URBAN AREAS, WHERE PER CAPITA INCOME IS HIGHER. FPS ALOCATION SHOULD BE RARELY MADE. •TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENT NEEDS LESSER CAPITAL, AND LESS TIME TO GET IMPLEMENTED. •THE SOLUTION CAN BE EXPERIMENTED IN THIS ZONE.

•CONTROL ROOMS SHOULD BE SET UP IN THE ZONE TO MONITER THE SYSTEM. •COULD BE CALLED SEMI URBAN AREAS, WHICH IS IN A TRANSFORMATION FROM RURAL TO URBAN. •FINDING PRIVATE PARTNERS MAY NOT BE CHALLENGING AS THERE WILL BE BASIC INFRASTRUCTURE.

•GRAM PANCHAYATS SHOULD BE GIVEN AUTONOMICAL STATUS. •HERE, MAXIMUM CORRUPTION HAPPENS IN BEUROCRACY LEVEL. •SELF HELP GROUPS CAN BE A KEY FACOR IN THE REGION. •IT IS THE PLACE WHERE THE SOLUTION REQUIRES MUCH ATTENTION.

INDIA IS SUFFERING FROM LARGE POST-HARVEST LOSSES, DUE TO LACKAGE OF STORAGE FECILITIES. COMMODITIES

FROM FOOD CORPORATION OF INDIA (FCI) FAILS TO REACH THE COMMON PEOPLE. ALSO AGRICULTURAL SECTOR IS ON A

DEPLETING TREND- THUS THE SCOPE OF FOOD SECURITY IS IN A WORRYING SITUATION. ALSO, LEAKAGES OF FOOD

GRAINS- FROM STEP ONE TILL THE BOTTOM IS A MATTER OF GREATER CONCERN..

OUR MODEL IS GROWTH ORIENTED, IT TAKES CARE OF

INDIAN ECONOMY ON LARGER SCALE. APART FROM FILLING ALL THE EXISTING HOLES IN THE SYSTEM, THE SOLUTION

POVIDES JOB OPPERTUNITIES, REDUCES MALNOURISHMENT, INCREASES PURCHASING POWER,

TAKES CARE OF POOR SECTION WITHOUT CAUSING DEFICIT. THE RURAL DEVELOPMET IS POSSIBLE BY CLASSIFICATION

OF THE PROVINCE TO THREE AS WE PROPOSED. INTRODUCING TECHNOLOGY TO AGRICULTURE RESULTS IN

INCREASE IN YIELD PER HECTARE, THUS MORE LAND CAN BE AQUIRED FOR INFRASTRUCTURE DEVELOPMENT. PROPOSED “HEAT INCUBATOR” CAN STOP DECAY OF FOOD GRAINS. GPS

CONNECTIVITY HELPS IN PREVENTING TRAFFICKING OF FOOD GRAINS TO BLACK MARKET. ITS TIME FOR NATION TO

EMBRACE OUR MODEL.

IMPACT

REDUCE TRADE DEFICIT

CHALLENGES

CURRENT A/C DEFICIT = 90bn$

2013 INDIAN ECONOMY

SHORT TERM DEBT = $170bn

•SOCIALIST PARTIES MAY OPPOSE PUBLIC-PRIVATE PARTNERSHIP

•THE PROPOSED SOLUTIONS MAY TAKE LARGER TIME

FRAME TO GET DEPLOYED

•DIFFICULTY IN REACHING A POLITICAL CONSENSUS AS ALL PARTIES ARE INVOLVED IN THE PROCESS.

•MORE LAND NEED TO BE AQUIRED FOR INCREASING

STORAGE FECILITY

•THE FUNCTION OF PANCHAYATI RAJ INSTITUTIONS NEED TO BE MONITORED, CHANCES OF CORRUPTION

IS HIGH.

•GETTING INVESTORS WHEN INDIAN ECONOMY IS UNDERPERFORMING AS IF NOW.

•COMPUTERISING THE SYSTEM NEEDS A CONSIDERABLE INITIAL INVESTMENT

•MORE SUBSIDIES MAY RESULT IN FISCAL DEFICIT

GDP = 4.4%

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