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Briefing note

Cash for Food: The Need for Caution

15/01/2016

1 documents

4 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Cash transfers
Conditional Cash Transfers
Food security
Public distribution system

Overview

The Union government notified the Cash Transfer of Food Subsidy Rules on 21 August 2015, without much publicity. The proposal to introduce cash transfers instead of foodgrains in the Public Distribution System (PDS), via the National Food Security Act 2013 (NFSA), is ill-conceived and, if implemented, will be harmful to food security in the country. Concerns abound […]

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