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@article{193439,
        author = {Mrs.M.LOHESWARI and Dr.S.SIVAGNANAM},
        title = {Beneficiaries Perception in Public Distribution System through Fair Price Shops in Coimbatore},
        journal = {International Journal of Innovative Research in Technology},
        year = {2026},
        volume = {12},
        number = {10},
        pages = {3052-3055},
        issn = {2349-6002},
        url = {https://ijirt.org/article?manuscript=193439},
        abstract = {Public distribution system is a poverty alleviation program and a direct intervention to ensure regular supply of essential consumer goods at cheap and subsidized prices and contributes towards the social welfare of the people. Essential commodities like rice, wheat, Sugar, kerosene are supplied to the people under the PDS at reasonable prices. The present study is an attempt to find out the current status of Beneficiaries Perception in Public Distribution Systems through Fair Price Shops in Coimbatore District. This study is completely based on the both primary and secondary data. The primary data were collected from the 100 rice card holders through a well structured questionnaire. 
It is clearly observed from the survey, most of the consumers reported the price of the ration commodities is very low compared with the open market. This study presented information about the PDS details and consumer satisfaction of card holders. Most of the cardholders do not purchase if they find the bad quality of commodities supplied by the shop. The shops are not opened regularly; the reason is salesman runs more than one shop and has to attend to others in different locality. Individual cardholders have to wait to purchase in waiting in queue. The consumers face many problems at time of purchase of commodities in the FPS such as overcrowding and non-availability of all commodities at the time of purchase, and delay in the supply of goods by the FPS in the study area.},
        keywords = {},
        month = {March},
        }