'Reaching food to people who need it the most has remained one of the most stubborn problems in India. The public distribution system (PDS) is in a shambles in most parts of the country with the poor unable to get their quota of foodgrains despite the biggest build-up of government stocks in recent times. A chunk of the grain mountain is rotting for want of storage space and effective mechanism for releasing adequate stocks in times of high food inflation. '

People in Uga Village, Gujarat, travel over three kms across the river to get their ration

ration distribution on the designated day, in lavchali

A public supply department godown in Dahod district of Gujarat