• B.Anusha,
• Dr. A Vinayagaram

The Scheme of Public Distribution System was started in India in the year 1975 with the aim of providing food security to its citizens especially the down-trodden with the aid of the ultimate outlets called Fair Price Shops. With a network of more than 400,000 Fair Price Shops, the Public Distribution System in India is considered as the largest distribution machinery. However, these shops have not performed their services and functions up to the mark in the sense that 44.66 per cent of the cardholders disagreed with the services and functions of the FPS. In addition, the cardholders were forced to wait for more hours to buy the essential commodities and they are under the clutch of favouritism and rude behaviour of the personnel in the FPS. If the services and functions of the FPS are improved on the one hand and delay in the issue of commodities, favouritism and rudeness of the personnel are given up on the other, the goals and implementation of the PDS can be achieved successfully.

Public Distribution System, Fair Price Shops, Family cards

"FAIR PRICE SHOPS IN AGASTEESWARAM BLOCK, KANYAKUMARI DISTRICT", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.5, Issue 8, page no.691-695, August-2018, Available :http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR1808578.pdf

"FAIR PRICE SHOPS IN AGASTEESWARAM BLOCK, KANYAKUMARI DISTRICT", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org | UGC and issn Approved), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.5, Issue 8, page no. pp691-695, August-2018, Available at : http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR1808578.pdf