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Targeted or Universal Public Distribution System: A Comparative Study in India

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  • Rai, Marina

    (Jawaharlal Nehru University, Centre for the Study of Regional Development, New Delhi, India)

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The government of India introduced the Targeted Public Distribution System (TPDS) in 1997 replacing the Universal Public Distribution System (UPDS). This paper tries to analyse and compare the functioning of Public Distribution System in two of the Indian states: Tamil Nadu and West Bengal; when both had a system of universalised public distribution and then the changes in the food security status of the two states after the introduction of TPDS, as West Bengal implemented the TPDS and Tamil Nadu resorted to the UPDS. The paper also tries to compare the participation and targeting errors in Public Distribution System in both rural and urban areas of the two states and compare the effectiveness of the policy in the two states in curbing hunger and malnutrition. The paper facilitates comparison between the two policies and evaluates which policy incorporates better quantitative and qualitative aspects related to the food availability and accessibility. A comprehensive and comparative study of various aspects of PDS in Tamil Nadu and West Bengal reveal that UPDS in Tamil Nadu is more efficient in terms of implementation, functioning, coverage and effective in ensuring food security.Keywords: Public Distribution System, food security, targeting, rationed consumption.

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  • Rai, Marina, 2013. "Targeted or Universal Public Distribution System: A Comparative Study in India," EY International Congress on Economics I (EYC2013), October 24-25, 2013, Ankara, Turkey 256, Ekonomik Yaklasim Association.
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    1. Shikha Jha, 1992. "Consumer Subsidies in India: Is Targeting Effective?," Development and Change, International Institute of Social Studies, vol. 23(4), pages 101-128, October.
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    Keywords

    public distribution system; food security; targeting; rationed consumption.;
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    JEL classification:

    • Q18 - Agricultural and Natural Resource Economics; Environmental and Ecological Economics - - Agriculture - - - Agricultural Policy; Food Policy; Animal Welfare Policy
    • R58 - Urban, Rural, Regional, Real Estate, and Transportation Economics - - Regional Government Analysis - - - Regional Development Planning and Policy
    • R11 - Urban, Rural, Regional, Real Estate, and Transportation Economics - - General Regional Economics - - - Regional Economic Activity: Growth, Development, Environmental Issues, and Changes
    • I38 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Welfare, Well-Being, and Poverty - - - Government Programs; Provision and Effects of Welfare Programs
    • O53 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Economywide Country Studies - - - Asia including Middle East

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