, robust demand functions are estimated for each of three nutrients viz. calories, protein and fats, separately for rural and … urban areas. Our results show consistently robust food price and expenditure effects. Besides, shifts in food price … consumption was due to health improvements and less strenuous activity levels — especially but not necessarily confined to rural …

such volatility for India. It provides results on the determinants of inflation volatility and expected inflation …

threatened. India's national rural employment guarantee scheme's (NREG) institutional design (mandating village assemblies to …

Sample Survey (NSS) data for 1993–94 and 2004–05 the paper shows that calorie intakes in both rural and urban areas are …

analysis. The paper uses household level data for 2004–05 (NSS 61st Round) and 1993–94 (NSS 50th Round) for India and also … demographic transition in India (particularly the movement in Total Fertility Rates across Indian states) during 1961 … poverty status at the all-India and the state levels are reported and commented upon. Changes in magnitudes & proportions of …

households who are poor, and iii) rural households who are undernourished. The paper then singles out five disconnects in India …This paper surveys the status of food security in the South Asian countries, particularly India. Particular attention … 2004–05 the paper shows that small landholders are an increasing proportion of i) total rural households, ii) rural …

in workfare programs, particularly in India. Using a unique data set for the Indian state of Rajasthan for 2009-10, this …

is underestimated and the double burden of undernutrition and obesity. We examine the (potential) contribution of … National Rural Guarantee Scheme and Public Distribution System in mitigating the extent and severity of undernutrition. We …

relation to household poverty status in India as evidenced by our analysis of Census data (1951–2001) and those from NSS … over the last three censuses of India there is considerable variation by space, by poverty status and by education of women … bias in education and argue that for approximately half of India's children the Right to Education Act must involve …