Is more inclusive more effective? The “new-style” public distribution system in India

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cg.authorship.typesCGIAR single centre
cg.contributor.crpPolicies, Institutions, and Markets
cg.coverage.countryIndia
cg.coverage.iso3166-alpha2IN
cg.coverage.regionSouthern Asia
cg.coverage.regionAsia
cg.identifier.projectIFPRI - Poverty, Health, and Nutrition Division
cg.identifier.projectIFPRI - South Asia Office
cg.identifier.publicationRankNot ranked
cg.placeWashington, DC
cg.reviewStatusInternal Review
dc.contributor.authorKishore, Avinash
dc.contributor.authorChakrabarti, Suman
dc.date.accessioned2024-08-01T02:49:48Zen
dc.date.available2024-08-01T02:49:48Zen
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10568/149707
dc.titleIs more inclusive more effective? The “new-style” public distribution system in Indiaen
dcterms.abstractThis paper tries to account for the changes in household consumption patterns associated with the change in PDS policy in these states using data from household consumption surveys by the National Sample Survey Organization (NSSO). These data show improvement in the coverage of TPDS and average offtake of grains from fair-price shops between 2004/2005 and 2009/2010 across all states of India. However, the increase in coverage and offtake was significantly higher in four out of these five states than in the rest of India. An average household in these states purchased 3 kg more rice per month from fair-price shops than its counterpart in nontreated states as a result of more generous TPDS policies backed by administrative reforms. The increase in consumption of PDS rice was the highest in Chhattisgarh, the poster state of public distribution system reforms. Households in Chhattisgarh used money saved on rice to spend more on pulses, edible oil, vegetables, sugar, and nonfood items. We also find evidence that making TPDS more inclusive and more generous is not enough unless it is supported by administrative reforms to improve grain delivery and control diversion to open markets.en
dcterms.accessRightsOpen Access
dcterms.bibliographicCitationKishore, Avinash and Chakrabarti, Suman. 2015. Is more inclusive more effective? The “new-style” public distribution system in India. IFPRI Discussion Paper 1421. Washington, DC: International Food Policy Research Institute. https://hdl.handle.net/10568/149707en
dcterms.extent32 pages
dcterms.isPartOfIFPRI Discussion Paperen
dcterms.issued2015-03-06
dcterms.languageen
dcterms.publisherInternational Food Policy Research Institute
dcterms.relationhttps://hdl.handle.net/10568/153639en
dcterms.relationhttps://hdl.handle.net/10568/153599en
dcterms.relationhttps://hdl.handle.net/10568/150417en
dcterms.relationhttps://doi.org/10.2499/9780896299580en
dcterms.relationhttps://doi.org/10.2499/9780896295643en
dcterms.relationhttps://doi.org/10.1016/j.foodpol.2015.06.006en
dcterms.replaceshttps://ebrary.ifpri.org/digital/collection/p15738coll2/id/129061
dcterms.subjectpublic distribution systemsen
dcterms.subjectnutrition policiesen
dcterms.subjectagricultural policiesen
dcterms.subjectsocial protectionen
dcterms.subjectfood securityen
dcterms.subjectdiet qualityen
dcterms.subjectpublic servicesen
dcterms.subjectdieten
dcterms.subjectsocial safety netsen
dcterms.subjectgovernanceen
dcterms.typeWorking Paper

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