The public distribution system (PDS) has been one of the main policy instruments of the Government of India (GoI) to … that at an all-India level, 46.7 per cent or 25.9 MMTs of the off-taken grain did not reach the intended PDS beneficiaries … in 2011-12. The percent share of total leakage increased with states where greater percent of India's poor resided (five …

success. We examine the performance of safety net programs in Bangladesh, India, Indonesia, and the Philippines in terms of …

The paper presents a case for a phased rolling out of direct benefits transfer (DBT) for Food in India. By studying all …

the beneficiaries. The ongoing policy discussions and strategies for executing DBT-food in India are observed to be …

This paper is an attempt to analyze the impact of two of India's largest food security interventions - the Public …