Food subsidy, income transfer and the poor: A comparative analysis of the public distribution system in India's states

Journal of Policy Modeling

Volumn 35, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 887-908

  Jha, Raghbendra ^a   Gaiha, Raghav ^a   Pandey, Manoj K ^a   Kaicker, Nidhi ^b  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DELHI   (India)

Author keywords

Fair price shops; Food subsidy; India; Poor; Targeted Public Distribution System

Indexed keywords

EID: 84885853143     PISSN: 01618938     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpolmod.2013.01.002     Document Type: Article

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