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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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In this paper, we develop a simple model that shows that consumption of PDS food grains is significantly different between rich and poor households in states where the PDS functions relatively well; in places where the PDS is non-functional, the difference is not significant. Using...
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This paper is an attempt to analyze the impact of two of India's largest food security interventions - the Public …
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masterful job of [demonstrating] paradoxes of India's rapid economic growth concurrently with… persistent poverty, food …, Cornell University and 2001 World Food Prize Laureate This open access book examines India’s economic development … balanced diet. Within the context of developing countries, they highlight India’s status as an outlier regarding high levels of …
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Equality for women in all areas of life is not only a fundamental human right, but is also a crucial prerequisite for achieving human development goals. Women constitute half of the world population and about 43 percent of the agricultural labor force, which makes the importance of research into...
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