Access and use: State governments have expanded the number of fair price shops to cover the rural and urban population. About 60 per cent of villages and about 85 per cent of urban households have easy access to PDS outlets. About 82 per cent of rural and 78 per cent of urban households possess ration cards. Among
the states, households in rural Nagaland have poor ease of access (12 per cent) to PDS outlets. About 75 per cent of rural and 62 per cent of urban households possessing ration cards use PDS at least once in two months for procuring some items (including foodgrains). More than 90 per cent of rural households in the states of Assam, Karnataka, Orissa and West Bengal use PDS at least once in two months. Similar high usage by urban household is observed only in the states of Orissa and Tamil Nadu.
The usage of PDS is very low in Nagaland (8 per cent) and Meghalaya (10 per cent). Villagers use the PDS for buying different items supplied by the outlets, of which foodgrains are the most important. Usage is high even in states where foodgrain offtake is low, because villagers use the PDS outlet to procure subsidised kerosene and sugar. This is the case in many parts of Punjab. Reliability: Though the percentage of households reporting use of ration cards is high, only one-fourth of rural and one-fifth of urban households have reported regular availability of staple foodgrains. Regular availability is reported by more than half of all rural households in the four southern states, viz, Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Kerala and Tamil Nadu. Regular availability is reported by 2 per cent (or less) of users in the states of Bihar, Haryana, Punjab and Uttar Pradesh
the states, households in rural Nagaland have poor ease of access (12 per cent) to PDS outlets. About 75 per cent of rural and 62 per cent of urban households possessing ration cards use PDS at least once in two months for procuring some items (including foodgrains). More than 90 per cent of rural households in the states of Assam, Karnataka, Orissa and West Bengal use PDS at least once in two months. Similar high usage by urban household is observed only in the states of Orissa and Tamil Nadu.
The usage of PDS is very low in Nagaland (8 per cent) and Meghalaya (10 per cent). Villagers use the PDS for buying different items supplied by the outlets, of which foodgrains are the most important. Usage is high even in states where foodgrain offtake is low, because villagers use the PDS outlet to procure subsidised kerosene and sugar. This is the case in many parts of Punjab. Reliability: Though the percentage of households reporting use of ration cards is high, only one-fourth of rural and one-fifth of urban households have reported regular availability of staple foodgrains. Regular availability is reported by more than half of all rural households in the four southern states, viz, Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Kerala and Tamil Nadu. Regular availability is reported by 2 per cent (or less) of users in the states of Bihar, Haryana, Punjab and Uttar Pradesh
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