-Down to Earth Crisis in Chhattisgarh over implementation of food security law has crucial lessons for India's public distribution system The unprecedented surge in below-poverty-line (BPL) families in Chhattisgarh has a lesson for India's public distribution system (PDS). In its overdrive to implement its own food security law, the state has issued more ration cards than the total number of households. Political parties see it as a scandal, while it may...
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Food security and Rodrik’s trilemma -Mihir Shah
-The Hindu The government deserves congratulations for its firm stand at the WTO, which finds support in Rodrik's trilemma The Princeton don Dani Rodrik is one of the world's leading economists. He is a firm believer in and supporter of globalisation. However, he has also posed a famous "globalisation trilemma." A trilemma describes a situation where only two of three things can hold true at the same time. If any two out...
More »Panel to devise norms for ration card issuance
-The Hindu Hyderabad: The government of Telangana on Tuesday constituted a six-member committee for developing IT-based applications in the Civil Supplies Department and to work out methodology for issuance of new ration cards. The suggestions and the decisions of the committee will ensure that the IT-based requirements of the Civil Supplies Department are fully addressed to have an effective Public Distribution System (PDS) including methodology for issuance of new ration cards in...
More »Uttarakhand denied additional food grains under food security Act -Jyotika Sood
-Down to Earth NDA-ruled Centre tells Uttarakhand to computerise Public Distribution System first; Congress-ruled state cries foul The Central government has told Uttarakhand government that allocation of food grains to it under the National Food Security Act (NFSA) will be considered only on successful completion of computerisation of the state's public distribution system (PDS) and satisfactory arrangements for delivery of food grains at the doorsteps of beneficiaries. The letter dated August 4, a...
More »Govt stance at WTO belies assurance on food security, says farmers’ group
-The Hindu Business Line While some farmers organisations have welcomed the Narendra Modi Government's stance in World Trade Organisation, some others feel that the Government's actions do not match its words with regard to its stance on food security and farm subsidies at home. "We totally support the Government's stand on WTO's Trade Facilitation Agreement. In fact, in a country like ours, agriculture should be totally kept out of the purview of...
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