{"id":105489,"date":"2026-05-28T15:26:27","date_gmt":"2026-05-28T09:56:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/?p=105489"},"modified":"2026-05-28T16:35:42","modified_gmt":"2026-05-28T11:05:42","slug":"sarthak-public-distribution-system-pds-scheme","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/sarthak-public-distribution-system-pds-scheme\/","title":{"rendered":"SARTHAK Public Distribution System (PDS) Scheme"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><b>SARTHAK Public Distribution System (PDS) Scheme Latest News<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Recently, the Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs chaired by the Prime Minister approved the SARTHAK Public Distribution System (PDS) scheme.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>About SARTHAK Public Distribution System (PDS) Scheme<\/b><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">SARTHAK PDS (<\/span><b>Scheme for Assistance in Ration Transport and Handling-Income with Automation in PDS<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">) is conceived as an umbrella scheme that integrates two ongoing initiatives<\/span>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"2\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Assistance to State Agencies for intra-State movement of foodgrains and FPS dealers\u2019 margin under NFSA<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"2\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Scheme for Modernization and Reforms through Technology in Public Distribution System (SMART PDS)\u201d<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Aim:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> The government aims to create a <\/span><b>single administrative structure<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> for improving <\/span><b>foodgrain distribution<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and strengthening <\/span><b>implementation of the National Food Security Act, 2013.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It will run <\/span><b>until March 2031.\u200b\u200b\u200b\u200b\u200b\u200b\u200b\u200b\u200b\u200b\u200b\u200b\u200b\u200b\u200b\u200b\u200b\u200b\u200b\u200b\u200b\u200b\u200b\u200b\u200b\u200b<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><b>Components of SARTHAK Public Distribution System (PDS) Scheme<\/b><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Advanced Technology Use:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> It involves the use of advanced technologies such as <\/span><b>Artificial Intelligence (AI), Machine Learning (ML), Natural Language Processing<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (NLP) and Blockchain to streamline operations in the public distribution system.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Unified Data&amp; Architecture:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Under the approved plan, the government intends to create unified databases and standardised digital architecture for real-time monitoring of the PDS network.<\/span>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"2\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The scheme also proposes AI-enabled analytics and grievance redressal systems along with State Command Control Centres for monitoring operations through data-based oversight.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Certification:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Government will introduce ISO-certified process frameworks to strengthen transparency, security standards and operational sustainability within the system.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Source: <\/b><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thehindu.com\/news\/national\/cabinet-approves-extension-of-sarthak-pds-scheme-with-central-outlay-of-25530-crore\/article71028748.ece\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">TH<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>SARTHAK Public Distribution System (PDS) Scheme aims to create a single administrative structure for improving foodgrain distribution and strengthening implementation of the National Food Security Act, 2013.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":24,"featured_media":105528,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[21,7799,22,23],"class_list":{"0":"post-105489","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-upsc-prelims-current-affairs","8":"tag-prelims-pointers","9":"tag-sarthak-public-distribution-system-pds-scheme","10":"tag-upsc-current-affairs","11":"tag-upsc-prelims-current-affairs","12":"no-featured-image-padding"},"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/105489","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/24"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=105489"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/105489\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":105590,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/105489\/revisions\/105590"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/105528"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=105489"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=105489"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=105489"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}