The main objective of the PDS is to provide food grains to consumers at

Subsidised prices

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Wholesale prices

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Market prices

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Procurement prices

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Solution

The correct option is A
Subsidised prices

Subsidy is a payment that the government makes to a producer to supplement the market price of a commodity. These subsidies keep consumer prices at low rate and hence, consumers are provided food grains at subsidised prices.

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Q3. Identify the correctly matched Pair
1. M S P - Pre announced price for crops

2. Issue price - The price of food grains in

ration shops

3. Procurement cost -The final price at which government buys the food grains

A consumer price index measures changes in

(i) retail prices

(ii) wholesale prices

(iii) producers prices

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