-The Telegraph At present, India has 195 million households with ration cards (nearly 794 million people), lower than the beneficiaries we intended to target in 2013 Inordinate delays in carrying out the census exercise are depriving millions of Indians who rely on rations for their subsistence. The exclusion of the poorest from the public distribution system in the pre and post-pandemic years was first flagged by the economists, Jean Drèze and Reetika...
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Abhijit Sen, Leading Economist of Indian Agriculture, Passes Away
-TheWire.in Apart from teaching at JNU, he was a member of the Planning Commission from 2004-2014 and headed the Commission on Agricultural Costs and Prices, 1997-2000. New Delhi: Professor Abhijit Sen, a leading expert on the rural economy and a former member of the Planning Commission, died here on Monday night after a brief illness. He was 72 years old. In an academic career spanning over four decades, Sen taught economics at Sussex,...
More »Foodgrain Blues: PDS Allocation Dips, Prices Rise -Subodh Varma
-Newsclick.in Meanwhile, output has also dipped due to weather ravages, which hints at tough times in coming months. Strange as it may sound but rice and wheat allocation for distribution through various welfare schemes has been steadily dipping in the past several years. It is strange because the population is growing and even the Supreme Court has urged the Central government to revise its population norms for food grain allocation since these...
More »Expand food security coverage to benefit more needy persons, SC tells Centre
-The Hindu Bench asks Centre to re-determine NFSA coverage after considering population increase between 2011-2021 The Supreme Court has directed the Centre to increase coverage under the National Food Security Act (NFSA) so that “more and more needy persons and citizens get the benefit” under the 2013 law which entitles rural and urban poor to receive subsidised food grains under the Targeted public distribution system. The coverage under the NFSA is still as...
More »Centre faces cover-up charge over iron rice given to poor, kids -Animesh Bisoee and GS Mudur
-The Telegraph 'Shocking that govt is trying to evade responsibility by issuing circulars that call on state governments to comply with FSSAI regulations' Jamshedpur, New Delhi: Two citizens’ alliances on Monday accused the Centre of trying to “cover up” what they have described as its “irresponsible” and “unscientific” decision to release iron-fortified rice through government food schemes and exposing vulnerable people to the potential health risks of iron overdose. The Right to Food...
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