The NSS Report: Household Consumption of Various Goods and Services in India (released in 2014) is based on information collected during 2011-12 from 101651 households in 7469 villages and 5268 urban blocks spread over the entire country. According to the NSS Report no. 558 (68/1.0/2) entitled Household Consumption of Various Goods and Services in India 2011-12 (NSS…
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According to Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General of India on Performance Audit of Storage Management and Movement of Food Grains in Food Corporation of India, Report no.-7 of 2013-Union Government (Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution),http://saiindia.gov.in/english/home/Our_Products/Audit_Report/Government_Wise/union_audit/recent_reports/union_performance/2013/Civil/Report_7/Report_7.html: • Procurement of foodgrains increased from 343 lakh metric tonne (LMT) to 634 LMT during the…
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The NSS 66th Round Report titled: Public Distribution System and Other Sources of Household Consumption is based on information collected during 2009-10 from 100794 households in 7428 villages and 5263 urban blocks spread over the entire country. According to the NSS 66th Round Report titled: Public Distribution System and Other Sources of Household Consumption (July 2009-June…
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Chhattisgarh Food Security Act The Chhattisgarh Food Security Act was passed on 21 December 2012 to ensure “access to adequate quantity of food and other requirements of good nutrition to the people of the state, at affordable prices, at all times to live a life of dignity”. The main provisions of the Act are as…
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Public Distribution System in Delhi-Grievance Redressal and suo moto (proactive) disclosure of information by PDS outlets and circle offices According to the Consumer Protection Act, 1986, one who buys any goods or services for a consideration is a consumer. The user of such goods or services with the permission of the buyer is also a…
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The Rozi Roti Adhikar Abhiyan, Delhi, which is a network of about thirty organisations, conducted a study entitled Survey on Preference between PDS and Cash Transfers in Delhi (http://www.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/reports-documents/survey-preference-between-pds-and-cash-transfers-delhi) in the backdrop of Delhi Government suggesting dismantling of the PDS in favour of a system of direct cash transfers/smart card system. The Delhi Government in partnership with…
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Key findings of the study titled: How Can Food Subsidies Work Better? Answers from India and the Philippines by Shikha Jha and Bharat Ramaswami, No. 221, September 2010, Asian Development Bank, http://www.adb.org/documents/working-papers/2010/economics-wp221.pdf, are: • The present study estimates the effectiveness of targeting in terms of exclusion and inclusion errors; and the effectiveness of program delivery in terms of…
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According to the Public Distribution System (PDS) and Other Sources of Household Consumption, 2004-05, which has been produced by the National Sample Survey 61st Round, (July 2004 – June 2005), Volume I: * 81% of rural households and 67% of urban households held ration cards. [B]elow [P]overty [L]ine (BPL) cards were held by 26.5% of…
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KEY TRENDS • As per the 2019 Global Hunger Index report, neighbouring countries such as China (GHI score: 6.5; GHI rank: 25), Sri Lanka (GHI score: 17.1; GHI rank: 66), Myanmar (GHI score: 19.8; GHI rank: 69), Nepal (GHI score: 20.8; GHI rank: 73), Bangladesh (GHI score: 25.8; GHI rank: 88) and Pakistan (GHI score: 28.5; GHI rank: 94) have outperformed India…
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