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Evolution and critique of buffer stocking policy of India

Saini, Shweta; Kozicka, Marta - 2014

India's economic standing and its policy landscape have come a long way since the 1943 Bengal famine. History saw …-scarce, food-importing country, India has emerged as a grain-surplus and a net grain-exporting country. The production base is … in the godowns of the Food Corporation of India (FCI) and its nominated state agencies, raising questions about the …

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Leakages from Public Distribution System (PDS) and the way forward

Gulati, Ashok; Saini, Shweta - 2015

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 …

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The National Food Security Act (NFSA) 2013 : challenges, buffer stocking and the way forward

Saini, Shweta; Gulati, Ashok - 2015

The National Food Security Act (NFSA) 2013 combines and expands the scope of some existing food-based welfare schemes. It will be distributing raw rations, meal(s) and/or cash. Approximately 81.35 crore persons or 16.57 crore households are to benefit under the targeted public distribution...

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Indian food and welfare schemes : scope for digitization towards cash transfers

Saini, Shweta; Sharma, Sameedh; Gulati, Ashok; Hussain, … - 2017

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

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The dietary impact of the COVID-19 pandemic

O'Connell, Martin; Smith, Kate; Stroud, Rebekah - 2021

The COVID-19 pandemic has led to significant changes in where people work, eat and socialise. We use novel data on the food and non-alcoholic drink purchases from stores, takeaways, restaurants and other outlets to quantify the impact of the pandemic on the diets of a large, representative panel...

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