Food security measurement in India is generally based on calorie intake. However this needs serious reconsideration given that the country is suffering from the triple burden of malnutrition, which is the simultaneous presence of underweight, overweight and micro nutrient deficiency diseases....

In the context of developing countries multiple pathways have been proposed from the agriculture to the nutrition sector. Policy makers have focused on selective pathways in the policy making process while ignoring the others. This paper analyzes the performance of Indian states on the...

Food security and nutrition policy interventions generally rely on selective measures. Yet recent literature emphasizes the importance of identifying different pathways from agriculture to nutrition for better nutritional outcomes. Using a disaggregated dashboard approach with agriculture, food...

This paper speculates about the impact of robotisation on the world economy in the next 20 years beyond which technological developments are difficult to anticipate. It is argued that though robotisation of sectors destroys jobs and thereby unleashes recessionary tendencies, Artificial...

Public welfare policies in developing countries have a Rawlsian perspective; they seek to uplift the poor, the poorest of the poor in particular. Policies to enable the poor to catch up with the rich are generally two-fold, viz., inclusive growth, and redistributive (transfer) programmes. This...