Let The People Choose
The government should not dictate whether they are to be served by the PDS or direct cash transfers. Everyone agrees that India needs to deliver social protection to the aam admi; the forthcoming Food
Renana Jhabvala
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Targeting to the Poor: Clogged pipes and bureaucratic blinkers
Drawing on a household and village-level community survey of social income, this paper offers a critique of the widespread use of targeting in Indian social policy primarily through the use of the below poverty line card system, to include or exclude groups from access to subsidised goods and sometimes to public works. It argues that targeting is inefficient and inequitable.