International Science Community Association International Research Journal of Social Sciences 2319 - 3565 1 4 2012 December 14 Efficiency of Public Distribution System in Kashmir: A Micro Economic Analysis 24 27 EN Gwary M.M. 1 Department of Agricultural Extension Services, University of Maiduguri, NIGERIA Gwary T.M. 2 Department of Mathematics and Statistics, University of Abuja, NIGERIA Mustapha S.B. 3 Shazia Gulzar 1 Lahore Business School, The University of Lahore. PAKISTAN Farzan Yahya 2 Muhammad Nauman 3 Zarak Mir 4 Mujahid SyedHassaan 5 Ansary Rabiul 1 Centre for the study of Regional Development, School of Social science, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, INDIA Md.Anisujjaman 2 CIPOD, School of International Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, INDIA Bhat G.M. 1 P.G. Department of Economics, University of Kashmir, Srinagar, INDIA Hussain BhatArshad 2 > Research Paper 2012 8 08 2012 December 14 PDS is primarily a social welfare and antipoverty programme of the Government of India. Essential commodities like rice, wheat, sugar, kerosene and the like are supplied to the people under the PDS at subsidised prices. The paper is an attempt to study the PDS system in Kashmir-often referred to as the ‘Kashmir Model’ of implementation of the food security programme which subsidizes consumers and obtains grain from farmers at prices higher than market prices. In this paper we focused on the efficiency of the PDS in Kashmir, and found that there is a lot of misappropriation of supplies in the System. There is Fair Price Shops (FPS) within a two km radius for every ration card holder. Kashmir is a region which has a comparative advantage for cash crop production and is dependent on imports mainly for food. Copyright@ International Science Community Association