Why should tax payer pay for the better off under PDS

The Supreme Court today asked the Centre as to why the tax payers’ money should be used for subidising foodgrains under the public distribution system (PDS) for those who are above the poverty line.

“We don’t understand the logic as to why a person, let us say earning an annual income of Rs 10 crore, should be (given) subsidy (by using) the tax payers’ money for distribution of the grains.

“We can understand the necessity of subsidising those who belong to the AAY (Antodaya Anna Yojana) and BPL families should be given the benefits, but why should others be given the benefit from the limited resources?” a bench of justices Dalveer Bhandari and Deepak Verma asked.