Mumbai, the capital city of the state of Maharashtra in India, is in fact the financial capital of India. With a population of 13.4 million (Municipal Corporation of Greater Mumbai, 2010), it is the most populous city in India. It is also the most prosperous city in India, with the highest...

The Pursuit of Food Security in India: Policies sans Concept and Commitment? By M. H. Suryanarayana, Indira Gandhi Institute of Development Research, Mumbai, India

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Food security policy in India in recent years has lacked clarity and direction. It resembles a series of ad hoc measures without a clear evidence-based assessment to support them. To reduce the fiscal deficit, the economic reform era began in 1991 with proposals to target the public food...

Excessive public expenditure as a result of leakages, inefficiencies and high transaction costs of social welfare programmes is a major policy concern in India today. The 2004?05 National Sample Survey showed that 70 per cent of thebeneficiaries of the targeted Below Poverty Line (BPL) food...

Economic growth with income redistribution has been a basic objective of economic development policy in India. Such a strategy seeks to exploit the potential of development programmes for poverty reduction and welfare gains by reducing the costs due to inequality in income distribution. The...

Policy emphasis in Indian economic development planning has always been on ?economic growth with income redistribution?. Such a strategy seeks to exploit the potential of development programmes for poverty reduction and welfare gains by reducing the costs due to inequality in income...