-Indira Gandhi Institute of Development Research Using the recent rounds of NSS data, this paper evaluates the performance and outreach of India's public distribution system (PDS) in the rural areas. The results suggest a significant improvement in the performance of PDS in terms of its outreach and offtake. States like Bihar and Jharkhand which were lagging behind earlier have shown a marked improvement. We find greater coverage and utilisation of the...
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Manufacturing Confusion: BPL Lists in Uttar Pradesh -Aman and Ashutosh Agrawal
-Economic and Political Weekly Multiplicity of ration cardholder lists has been found to be a cause for exclusion of the needy from access to subsidised food. A report from Allahabad district of Uttar Pradesh. Aman (amannlu@gmail.com) is a lawyer, currently clerking with a judge at the International Criminal Court, The Hague. Ashutosh Agrawal (ashutosha.56@gmail.com) is studying Economics and Physics at the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia. The authors would like to thank Jean Drèze...
More »Food security in the time of inflation -Sonalde Desai
-The Hindu If the expansion of the Public Distribution System results in an increase in market prices, it may counterbalance the benefits of food subsidy Passage of the National Food Security Act (NFSA) has put the Public Distribution System (PDS) at the core of the national mission to feed the hungry. The PDS, operated via "fair price" or ration shops, will distribute up to 5 kg of rice at Rs. 3 per...
More »Plugging PDS Pilferage: A Study of an SMS-based Monitoring Project -Sriniketh Nagavarapu and Sheetal Sekhri
-Economic and Political Weekly The targeted public distribution system is fraught with leakages. With the Food Security Act in place now, policymakers face a greater challenge in curtailing leakages and improving delivery on a much larger scale. This article studies a project in Uttar Pradesh which uses mobile phone SMS to monitor PDS supplies and fi nds an enthusiastic response from the users, even if the project itself has not worked...
More »UPA’s flagship schemes low on delivery: Panel -Chetan Chauhan
-The Hindustan Times UPA's two programmes named after India's biggest political icons --- Mahatma Gandhi and Jawaharlal Nehru --- have failed to deliver desired outcomes, the Independent Evaluation Office (IEO) has said. The IEO, a body under the Planning Commission, is taking up a detailed study on the UPA's key schemes --- Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission (JNNURM) and Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Programme (MG-NREGA) aimed at creating infrastructure...
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