Identify the INCORRECT statement about Public Distribution System (PDS) in India.

Options

A. From 1997, PDS became TPDS for targeted consumers.
B. PDS was envisaged in 1967 as a price support programme to help consumers.
C. Those living below poverty line get food grains at subsidised prices
D. PDS has been abandoned in the country since 2007.

Answer

D

Explanation

Public distribution system is a government-sponsored chain of shops entrusted with the work of distributing the basic food and non-food commodities to the needy sections of the society at very cheap prices.