The Supreme Court said no one in the country should die of starvation and malnutrition and it is the responsibility of the government to provide food to the poor. The Apex Court asked all states to specify how much additional food grains under PDS are needed to meet the objective. A bench of Justices Dalveer Bhandari and Deepak Verma also asked the Centre to take steps for the computerisation of entire PDS (Public Distribution System) to stop pilferage and corruption. The bench passed the order while dealing with a PIL filed by Peoples Union for Civil Liberties (PUCL) complaining about large-scale corruption and irregularities in the PDS mechanism.