The financial implications of the food security bill can be questioned. But the Bill proposes to protect the citizens …

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 …

A bill to provide for food and nutritional security in human life cycle approach, by ensuring access to adequate … quantity of quality food at affordable prices to people to live a life with dignity and for matters connected therewith or …

grain. The public stock analysis suggests higher storage losses for rice (10 per cent) than for wheat (2 per cent). Public … several market distortions and mounting fiscal costs. Wheat and rice supply strongly and significantly respond to the minimum … subsidised rice, which can be linked to high coverage and subsidy under the public distribution system (PDS). In the case of …

This paper serves to disentangle the complex system of Indian food policies related to wheat and rice procurement … implementation of the National Food Security Act, are simulated with respect to fiscal costs and public stocks. …