Abstract

This caselet gives an insight into the Food Corporation of India (FCI) and its Public Distribution system through fair price shops across India. It discusses the benefit of this system during the drought in 2002 in India and also points out the flaws in the system. Finally, it takes a look at the measures taken by FCI to improve its operations.

Learning Objectives

The case is structured to achieve the following Learning Objectives:

• Rationale behind fair price shops
• Flaws in the FCI distribution system
• and Measures to improve efficiency in FCI’s distribution system.

Keywords

FCI, Famine, Food Grains, Mandis, Minimum Support Price, Stock, Godowns, Jute Bags, PDS, Fair Price Shops