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The rural-urban disparities are a reality in developing countries like India. Post reform, there are lot of empirical … studies which has focused on this aspect of development experience in India. The vast majority of Indians continues to live in …
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This study analyses the changes in prevalence of undernutrition between the 1980s and 1990s at the national and sub …-national levels in India and focuses on the rural-urban comparisons. The study exploits the demographic information available in … household surveys to derive a household-specific norm as the calorie cutoff point to measure undernutrition, instead of the …
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Economic growth is widely perceived as a major policy instrument in reducing childhood undernutrition in India. The … association between changes in state per capita income and the risk of undernutrition among children in India were assessed. Data …, 1998–99, and 2005–06 in India. The sample sizes in the three waves were 33,816, 30,383, and 28,876 children …
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public food subsidy programme, on consumption poverty, vulnerability and undernutrition in India drawing, on the large …
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This paper examines the efficacy of the current system of public foodgrains management and policies in promoting food security in the country. It argues that the system has outlived its usefulness, and that continuing with the same only stifles growth in foodgrains, with very little welfare...
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dataset from India, analyzes the determinants of dietary diversity, which is measured using the Entropy Index. Heterogeneous …
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This policy outlines a very clear strategy of creating a large pool of land so that every family's right to land is fully honoured. The policy proceeds to suggest a just and equitable method of allotting land on a priority basis to the marginalized, especially marginalized women. Policy...
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A key driver of foreign investment in land, food security is a challenge mankind has been confronted with in various times and places. Wherever human societies have developed, growing needs have led to increasing arable land, and when land has been limited by nature or wars, food shortages...
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The first of a series of eSSays dossiers on issues of public concern. Guest editor: M.H. Suryanarayana. Contents: Poverty Line: Pursuit of an Elusive Minimum by M.H. Suryanarayana Fixing Poverty vs. Fixing the Poverty Line by Anirudh Krishna Agriculture: Is it a Destination for the Poor? by R S...
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This piece analyzes the implications of the National Food Security Act for India's commitments under the WTO Agreement …
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