This study estimates the costs and benefits of Aadhaar. The analysis takes into account the costs of developing and main- taining Aadhaar, and of integrating Aadhaar with the schemes over the next ten years. [Planning Commission Report].

In spite of several programmes in the country to reduce undernutrition, India continues to have a large number malnourished women and children. In the coming Budget the government has to make some efforts so that the increased expenditure in these programmes reaches the beneficiaries. Efforts...

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...

The budget offers no programme for job creation or any substantive policy measures to contain inflation that continues to erode the real wage while it commits itself to cash transfers and cuts in subsidies all of which will contribute to further worsening the economic condition of the working...

Rural people are deprived even of the basic facilities of medical care. Is this ethical? [6th K R Memorial lecture].

The financial implications of the food security bill can be questioned. But the Bill proposes to protect the citizens from hunger and improve the nutritional intake of women and children.