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Supporting Indian farmers: Price support or direct income/investment support?
Gulati, Ashok; Chatterjee, Tirtha; Hussain, Siraj - 2018
With increasing farm distress in the wake of falling farm prices in 2017, the State Government of Madhya Pradesh (GoMP) came out with an innovative scheme called Bhavantar Bhugtan Yojana (BBY), a price deficiency payment (PDP) scheme, to support farmers. It covered eight Kharif crops in 2017-18...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012099528
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Supporting Indian farmers : price support or direct income/investment support?
Gulati, Ashok; Chatterjee, Tirtha; Hussain, Siraj - 2018
With increasing farm distress in the wake of falling farm prices in 2017, the State Government of Madhya Pradesh (GoMP) came out with an innovative scheme called Bhavantar Bhugtan Yojana (BBY), a price deficiency payment (PDP) scheme, to support farmers. It covered eight Kharif crops in 2017-18...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011817130
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From parastatals to private trade: Lessons from Asian agriculture
Rashid, Shahidur (contributor); Gulati, Ashok (contributor);  … - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)
absence or inadequacy of risk-mitigating institutions and markets, and the need to protect the world's poorest communities … policy use case studies from South Asia (Bangladesh, India, and Pakistan) and East Asia (Indonesia, the Philippines, and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011196693
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Leakages from Public Distribution System (PDS) and the way forward
Gulati, Ashok; Saini, Shweta - 2015
practice, can plug leakages, reach the vulnerable segments of population, not interfere with markets of food, and save more …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010472572
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The National Food Security Act (NFSA) 2013 : challenges, buffer stocking and the way forward
Saini, Shweta; Gulati, Ashok - 2015
the annual distribution commitment (61.43 MMTs) of the government with the procurement pattern of rice and wheat, for each … increasing the relevance of rice and wheat in the system. Therefore, the immediate suggestion is not to hurry in the NFSA …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010499477
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Indian food and welfare schemes : scope for digitization towards cash transfers
Saini, Shweta; Sharma, Sameedh; Gulati, Ashok; Hussain, … - 2017
markets, inclusive banking infrastructure and diverse payment channels, sufficiency of the food subsidy amount and display of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011708293
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Indian food and welfare schemes : scope for digitization towards cash transfers
Saini, Shweta; Sharma, Sameedh; Gulati, Ashok; Hussain, … - 2017
alternative markets for farmers to sell their surplus food grains; a. Provision of an unconditional cash transfer to the farmer … system has to be through the DBT. Notwithstanding initial problems in implementation and the problems of labour markets that …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011713624
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Reforming foodgrains management: Achieving food security with cost-effectiveness
Ganesh-Kumar, A.; Gulati, Ashok; Ralph Cummings, Jr - Indira Gandhi Institute of Development Research (IGIDR) - 2008
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...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005342049
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Reforming Foodgrains Management : Achieving Food Security with Cost-Effectiveness
Ganesh-Kumar, A.; Gulati, Ashok; Cummings, Ralph; Jr. - East Asian Bureau of Economic Research (EABER) - 2008
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...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009363561
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Reforming Foodgrains Management: Achieving Food Security with Cost-Effectiveness
Kumar, A. Ganesh; Gulati, Ashok; Ralph Cummings, Jr. - eSocialSciences - 2009
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...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005009913