Cash for food—a misplaced idea

Sinha, Dipa Cash for food—a misplaced idea. [Publications (Pre-joining)]

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Abstract

Direct benefit transfers in the form of cash cannot replace the supply of food through the public distribution system. Though it is claimed otherwise, DBT does not address the problems of identifying the poor ("targeting") and DBT in place of the PDS will expose the vulnerable to additional price fluctuation. Further, if the PDS is dismantled, there will also be no need or incentive for procurement from farmers and this system too will have to be done away with, adding a new source of vulnerability to cultivators of rice and wheat.

Item Type:	Publications (Pre-joining)
Authors:	Sinha, Dipa
Document Language:	Language English
Uncontrolled Keywords:	Food supply, public distribution
Subjects:	Social sciences Social sciences > Social problems & services
Divisions:	Azim Premji University - Bengaluru > University Publications > Centre for the Study of the Indian Economy (CSIE)
Full Text Status:	Public
URI:	http://publications.azimpremjiuniversity.edu.in/id/eprint/6680
Publisher URL:	https://www.jstor.org/stable/24482056

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