Being economically conservative resulted in an increase in extreme poverty, with no signs of any improvement…
Tag: Prime Minister Garib Kalyan Anna Yojana
Wake up to the ongoing crisis in rural India
Last month, in a column in Mint, Chief Economic Adviser (CEA) V. Ananth Nageswaran along with…
Understanding the issue of ‘freedom’
Most of the welfare schemes contribute to improve human development outcomes, which also results in higher…
Shortage in wheat and rice stocks may make it difficult to continue the free food grain scheme even after September – Times of India
New Delhi: Expansion of free food grains scheme Prime Minister Garib Kalyan Anna Yojana (PMGKAY) will…
It is not appropriate to give free food grains after September for poor scheme on financial basis: Department of Expenditure
The department said the higher food security cover has already “created a dire financial situation” and…
Let us further the mill of our great Indian debate on poverty
Nobel laureate Angus Deaton along with World Bank’s Valerie Kozel edited a book titled Great India…
India’s food response in the form of ‘Vasudhaiva Kutumbakam’
Its journey from food shortage to surplus producer participating in WFP has lessons for the developing…
Raise the life line: On rural employment scheme
After reports clearly indicated that states were short of funds to spend on wages and materials…
explained | Is PMGKAY still needed?
Right to food activists insist that vulnerable communities still need support from the Pradhan Mantri Garib…