1.1. Objectives

● to provide essential consumer goods at cheap and subsidized prices to the consumers.

● to insulate them from the impact of rising prices of these commodities.

● to maintain the minimum nutritional status of our population.

● to put an indirect check on the open market prices of various items.

It is supplemental in nature and is not intended to make available the entire requirement of any of the commodities distributed under it to a household or section of the society. Yet, it acts as a safety net and attempts socialization in matter of distribution of essential commodities.