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 In recent years, there is another factor that has led to the decline of the PDS.
The three types of cards and the range of prices that you see today did not
exist.
 Now, with TPDS of three different prices, any family above the poverty line
gets very little discount at the ration shop.
 The price for APL families is almost as high as open market price, so there is
little incentive for them to buy these items from the ration shop.