scholarly journals A case study on the scaling-up of double fortified salt through the public distribution system of a food security program in Uttar Pradesh, India: experiences, challenges, and achievements

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Meena H Jadhav ◽  
M G Venkatesh Mannar ◽  
Annie S Wesley
Keyword(s):  
Food Security ◽  
Distribution System ◽  
Uttar Pradesh ◽  
Scaling Up ◽  
The Public ◽  
Public Distribution System

Rethinking the Formation of Public Distribution System: A Class-Focused Approach

2021 ◽  
pp. 048661342110349
Author(s):  
Soumik Sarkar ◽  
Anjan Chakrabarti
Keyword(s):  
Food Security ◽  
Distribution System ◽  
Social Needs ◽  
Surplus Labor ◽  
The Public ◽  
Public Distribution System ◽  
System A ◽  
Historical Condition ◽  
Indian State ◽  
The 1960S

Using the methodology of overdetermination, class process of surplus labor as the entry point and socially determined need of food security, we deliver an alternative class-focused rendition of the public distribution system (PDS) in India. We first surmise our theoretical framework to infer that the overdetermined and contradictory relation of class and social needs matter for PDS. Beyond the reasoning of being pro-poor, fair, or wasteful, we deploy this framework to reinterpret the formation of Indian PDS in the 1960s. Its demonstration requires revisiting the historical condition that shaped capital’s passive revolution through the post-independence Indian state and its subsequent crisis arising out of the contradictions and conflicts in the class-need space. We argue that PDS signals a case of success and not failure of capitalism.

scholarly journals Food Security in India: Issues and Suggestion to Improve the Public Distribution System

2019 ◽  
Vol 7 (4) ◽  
pp. 36-40
Author(s):  
T Thangalakshmi ◽  
V Suthacini
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Food Security ◽  
Distribution System ◽  
Crop Production ◽  
Agricultural Sector ◽  
Public Investment ◽  
Food Distribution ◽  
The Public ◽  
Public Distribution System ◽  
Self Sufficiency

Food security in India is unfavourably affected by several biotic and socio-political situations. The current position may get worse in the future if timely and suitable actions are not executed and planned. The discipline of human population and land for cultivation, climate change, government policies of public distribution and marketing of food grains and lack of a participatory approach all are committing to check down the availability of foods. Also, crop fecundity seems to be very much unsustainable. The situation has to be remedied by all possible means and citizens must be assured of food security. This review summarises several strategies for crop production and food distribution through the public distribution system. Finally, results indicate that India has achieved self-sufficiency in grains; it is still lagging at the back in the production of oilseeds and pulses. It is also commented that there has been a meaningful increase in the reproduction of rice, wheat, cereals, fruits, vegetables, and other products. Among the specific charges made to lift the agricultural sector from its present slowdown and stagnation, we comprise decorated increased public investment and a severe review of subsidies provided to farmers. To improve the infrastructure, credit facilities, inputs, land and water management, effective marketing and price policies, the diversification of agriculture, strengthening the improvement strategies for tackling climate change, and the strict regulation of land use and diversion of land for non-agricultural activities.

Delivering Food Subsidy

2014 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ashok Kotwal ◽  
Bharat Ramaswami
Keyword(s):  
Food Security ◽  
Distribution System ◽  
Cash Transfers ◽  
Food Distribution ◽  
Assistance Programs ◽  
The Public ◽  
Public Distribution System ◽  
Retail Outlets ◽  
Food Subsidies ◽  
The Government

This article begins by tracing the development of the Indian model of food distribution. Food subsidies in India are delivered through the public distribution system, consisting of a network of retail outlets through which the government sells grain. The discussions then turn to the outcomes and the performance of the distribution system, food security legislation, the rights approach to food security, debates over food security legislation, lessons from social assistance programs across the world, and political opposition to cash transfers.

scholarly journals Impact of the Pandemic on Livelihood and Food Security: An Empirical Analysis of the PDS in Delhi

2021 ◽  
pp. 001955612110457
Author(s):  
O. Grace Ngullie ◽  
Arib Ahmad Ansari
Keyword(s):  
Food Security ◽  
Migrant Workers ◽  
Distribution System ◽  
Empirical Examination ◽  
The Public ◽  
Public Distribution System ◽  
The Government ◽  
Access To Food ◽  
The Impact

The sheer extent of the Covid-19 pandemic and its crippling effect on the entire economy gave cold creeps. Suddenly the fragile, one-of-a-kind arrangement through which the daily wagers and the migrant workers were surviving broke down with the imposition of the lockdown, and we had a novel disaster on our hands. In such a hanging-by-thread situation, the adversely affected poor had to rely on the government machinery for sustenance. We attempt to undertake a first-hand evidence-based study of the implementation of the Public Distribution System in Delhi while examining the impact of the pandemic on livelihood and food security. Some policy gaps that we have identified include inconsistency with the quantity and quality of rations received and promised, exclusion and ultimately access to food. Based on the empirical examination of the specific problems faced by the poor on the ground, we recommend policy solutions corresponding to those specific problems which include utilising modern and emerging technologies, creating new cadre for monitoring and upwardly revising the allocation.

scholarly journals Double Fortified Salt Delivered Through the Public Distribution System Reduced Risk of Iron Deficiency but Not of Anemia or Iron Deficiency Anemia in Uttar Pradesh, India

2020 ◽  
Vol 4 (Supplement_2) ◽  
pp. 868-868
Author(s):  
Mduduzi Mbuya ◽  
Shruthi Cyriac ◽  
Rahul Rawat ◽  
Anura Kurpad ◽  
Madan Godbole ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Iron Deficiency ◽  
Iron Deficiency Anemia ◽  
Distribution System ◽  
Lower Risk ◽  
Uttar Pradesh ◽  
Deficiency Anemia ◽  
Link Function ◽  
The Public ◽  
Public Distribution System ◽  
Iron Deficient

Abstract Objectives Double fortified salt (DFS) with iodine and iron is efficacious in improving anemia, but evidence of effectiveness in large-scale programs is limited. We evaluated a program delivering double fortified salt (DFS) over 12 mo in five districts through the public distribution system in Uttar Pradesh, India on iron status and anemia. Methods Only two (Etawah and Auraiya) of the five intervention districts met the evaluability threshold of 50% DFS utilization chosen as an a priori criterion for endline inclusion. We present findings on cross-sectional survey data collected from 6388 non-pregnant women of reproductive age (WRA) in Etawah and Auraiya, and their two matched adjacent boundary comparison districts. We used generalized linear models that accounted for clustering, with log link function for risk ratio (RR) and identity link function for mean difference, adjusting for matched pairs. Models were adjusted for WRA age, education of WRA and household head, religion and housing. Ferritin levels were inflammation adjusted using the BRINDA regression equation. Results There was no difference in anemia and iron deficiency anemia (IDA) prevalence or in mean hemoglobin concentration between WRA in intervention and comparison districts. However, we observed a 15% lower risk of being iron deficient in intervention areas (RR = 0.85: 95% CI, 0.75–0.98). Additionally, WRA in intervention districts who reported regular use of DFS had 23% lower risk of being iron deficient (RR = 0.77: 95% CI, 0.66–0.93), and those reporting partial use had 20% lower risk (RR = 0.80: 95% CI, 0.66–0.99). There was no difference among non-users (RR = 0.98: 95% CI, 0.88–1.22). Conclusions DFS was effective in reducing risk of iron deficiency, but not anemia or IDA, among WRA. This modest effectiveness may have been in part due to supply chain interruptions over the course of the implementation period (slow start and earlier than planned cessation). We observed a dose responsive effect, with greater risk reductions among regular and partial users than among non-users. To maximize this potential and perhaps extend impacts to anemia or IDA, the program will require: 1) longer duration of exposure, 2) investments in addressing barriers to coverage and utilization, and 3) complementary efforts to address other causes of anemia in this context. Funding Sources Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation.

scholarly journals The Public Distribution System and Food Security in India

2019 ◽  
Vol 16 (17) ◽  
pp. 3221 ◽  
Author(s):  
Neetu Abey George ◽  
Fiona H. McKay
Keyword(s):  
Food Security ◽  
Food Insecurity ◽  
Distribution System ◽  
Large Population ◽  
Safety Net ◽  
Childhood Mortality ◽  
Policy Reforms ◽  
The Public ◽  
Public Distribution System ◽  
Environmental Footprints

The Public Distribution System (PDS) of India plays a crucial role in reducing food insecurity by acting as a safety net by distributing essentials at a subsidised rate. While the PDS forms a cornerstone of government food and nutrition policy, India continues to be home to a large population of hungry and malnourished people. This review seeks to explore the functioning and efficiency of the PDS in achieving food and nutritional security in India. A comprehensive and systematic search using the key terms “food insecurity” OR “food security” AND “Public Distribution System” OR “PDS” OR “TPDS” AND “India” identified 23 articles which met the inclusion criteria. This review draws attention to the lack of published literature in areas of PDS and food security in India. The findings of the review emphasise the role of PDS in tackling hunger and malnutrition while highlighting its limited role in improving food security and childhood mortality due to operational inefficiencies. The PDS has the potential to act as a solution to food insecurity in India if the operational inefficiencies and environmental footprints are addressed by adequate policy reforms.

Food Security and the Public Distribution System

2019 ◽  
pp. 175-203
Author(s):  
Jean Drèze
Keyword(s):  
Food Security ◽  
Distribution System ◽  
National Sample ◽  
North India ◽  
Sample Survey ◽  
Special Focus ◽  
Substantial Impact ◽  
The Public ◽  
Public Distribution System ◽  
System P

This chapter discusses India's National Food Security Act (NFSA), with a special focus on the public distribution system (PDS). The PDS had a very poor record until recently, but is now improving significantly in many states. In north India, Chhattisgarh took the lead by initiating a series of PDS reforms in the mid‐2000s, with impressive results. Similar reforms were initiated later on in many other states. Even the reformed PDS is far from perfect, but it does protect millions of rural households from hunger and food insecurity. Recent evidence from the National Sample Survey also suggests that the PDS has a substantial impact on poverty. The NFSA is an opportunity to extend PDS reforms across the country and put the PDS on a new footing.

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