Search Results - subject:"Public Distribution System"

Public Distribution System of Essential Commodities as a Social Safety Net: A Study of the District of Allahabad, Uttar Pradesh

Majumder, Bhaskar - eSocialSciences - 2014

The study concentrates on PDS as a social safety net.

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Functioning of the Public Distribution System: An Analytical Report

Balani, Sakshi - eSocialSciences - 2014

the existing Targeted Public Distribution System (TPDS) mechanism to deliver these entitlements. This note describes the …

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India's Public Distribution System: A National and International Perspective

Radhakrishna, R.; Subbarao, K.; Indrakant, S.; Ravi, C. - eSocialSciences - 2014

This study examines the impact of India's Public Distribution System (PDS) on poor households in terms of income gains …

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Food Price Subsidies and Nutrition: Evidence from State Reforms to India's Public Distribution System

Krishnamurthy, Prasad; Pathania, Vikram; Tandon, Sharad - Agricultural and Applied Economics Association - AAEA - 2014

We investigate whether food price subsidies affect household nutrition using a dramatic expansion of the availability of subsidized rice in the Indian state of Chhattisgarh in the early 2000's. Households in Chhattisgarh increased their consumption of pulses, animal-based protein, and produce...

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India: India’s Food Grain Policies and the Public Distribution System: The Case of Rice. Who Wins, Who Loses, and by How Much?

Pursell, Garry - Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National … - 2014

Distribution System (TPDS) until September 2013, when it was replaced by the National Food Security Act (NFSA). The NFSA aims to … very low controlled prices. The consumer subsidy scheme was implemented under the provisions of the Targeted Public …

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Social hierarchies and public distribution of food in rural India

Basu, Deepankar; Das, Debarshi - 2014

In this paper, we develop a simple model that shows that consumption of PDS food grains is significantly different between rich and poor households in states where the PDS functions relatively well; in places where the PDS is non-functional, the difference is not significant. Using...

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Neoliberal Economic Reforms and Targeted Public Distribution System: Case study of two Orissa villages

Bedamatta, Rajshree - eSocialSciences - 2006

This paper draws on a study on functioning of public distribution system in Orissa based on secondary data as well as …

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Poverty and Food Security in India

2013

Distribution System (PDS) and the Mid Day Meal Scheme (MDM) - on poverty outcomes and on nutritional intake. This paper offers a …This paper is an attempt to analyze the impact of two of India's largest food security interventions - the Public …

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The National Food Security Act, 2013

Law, Ministry of; Justice; GOI, Company Affairs - eSocialSciences - 2013

Our public distribution system has been severely criticized for its gaping lacunae. To fill in these gaps, a new Act …

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Poverty and Food Security in India

(No last name available), Himanshu - Economics and Research Department, Asian Development Bank - 2013

Distribution System (PDS) and the Mid Day Meal Scheme (MDM)—on poverty outcomes and on nutritional intake. This paper offers a …This paper is an attempt to analyze the impact of two of India’s largest food security interventions—the Public …

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