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The fruits of India's National Food Security law are finally showing on the ground -Anumeha Yadav

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Like Chhattisgarh earlier, now West Bengal, Odisha, Madhya Pradesh are covering over 80% rural poor under the ration system, and have reduced grain pilferage.

Is the public distribution system in India irreparably dysfunctional, or can it effectively provide nutrition and economic support to the poor?

In the last three years since the National Food Security law was passed, a number of state governments have expanded the provision of subsidised foodgrain, and the results of this inclusion are now showing on the ground.

In Chhattisgarh, Odisha, and Madhya Pradesh, most households in villages have ration cards and are able to secure their foodgrain entitlements at the correct rates. Even West Bengal, which had one of the most complicated ration systems till a few years ago, has nearly universalised its public distribution system in the months preceding the recent Assembly elections, with more than 85% of the state's rural families covered. Bihar and Jharkhand too have expanded coverage, though regular and timely delivery, and the quality of foodgrain, remains poor.

These are the select findings of a recent survey of six states by development economists Jean Dreze and Reetika Khera on the implementation of the National Food Security law in central and eastern Indian states, which suffer from the worst levels of malnutrition in the country.

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