New Delhi: Expressing concern over "peculiar dilemma" of excess food and low consumption that the country faces, Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee on July 25 sought help of the states to overcome slippages in implementation of public distribution system (PDS).

"We are faced with a peculiar dilemma of surplus on the resource side and deficit on the consumption end of the production-supply chain," Vajpayee told the all-party meeting held to discuss PDS.

"The Central government has done whatever possible with the resource limitations to enhance efficiency of the supply chain."

PTI