Food subsidy, income transfer and the poor: A comparative analysis of the public distribution system in India's states

Jha, Raghbendra
Gaiha, Raghav
Pandey, Manoj
Kaicker, Nidhi

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Publication date

February 2016

DOI

10.1016/j.jpolmod.2013.01.002

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Elsevier BV

ISSN

0161-8938

Journal

Journal of Policy Modeling

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Abstract

The Targeted Public Distribution System (TPDS) - the largest food subsidy program in India - has been a dismal failure in targeting the poor. The present paper examines its performance in three Indian states - Andhra Pradesh, Maharashtra and Rajasthan, b

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