, reductions in the incidence and severity of poverty, as well as nutritional improvements. The study suggests that the welfare … gains of PDS in terms of income transfer were very meager and the impact on poverty and nutritional status minimal. The … study places PDS in the context of other anti-poverty programs and provides a brief review of the findings from previous …

in Rajasthan, a state with one of the highest infant mortality rates in India. Urban poverty is significant in Rajasthan … with a fifth of the urban population living below the poverty line and in slums. Increasing numbers of poor migrants in … search of employment contribute to the rising levels of urban poverty in cities such as Jaipur, where the present study is …

catastrophic health expenditures in households “below the poverty line.†The program and the districts are evaluated over time …