Which of the following is not a merit of the public distribution system?

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Helps to increase the production of food grains.

Helps the government to stabilize prices.

Supply food from deficit areas to surplus areas.

Income security for farmers

answer is C.

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The ability to supply food from deficit areas to surplus areas is not a merit of the public distribution system.
The public distribution system supplies food for the poor from surplus areas to deficit areas. It is an initiative of the central government to ensure food security for the poor. Under this scheme, the Food Corporation of India buys food grains from farmers at a pre-announced minimum support price. This encourages the farmers to produce more food grains. This also ensures the financial stability of farmers as, many times, market prices during harvest times are often less than the minimum support prices. This also helps the government to stabilize prices.

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