Unique identity crisis
Biometric-based unique identity or Aadhaar is leading to huge problems for people working for the rural employment guarantee scheme and for …
Unravelling the food mess
Reaching food to people who need it the most has remained one of the most stubborn problems in India. The public distribution system (PDS) is in …
Farewell to welfare
Jharkhand government’s pilot Direct Benefit Transfer project has made public distribution system more complicated and exclusionary
Identity crisis
11-year-old Santoshi Kumari allegedly died of hunger in Jharkhand as the family could not receive ration under the state's public distribution …
One Nation One Ration Card: Good intention but implementation may be difficult
The nature, price and quantity of items supplied through the public distribution system varies from state to state
Huge protest in Jharkhand against cash transfer scheme
People want Direct Benefit Transfer system to be replaced with old practice of getting rice at Re 1/kg at the ration shop
Widow starves to death in Jharkhand after being deprived of Aadhaar-linked benefits
Investigation reveals how bank account was opened under a dead person's name and Aadhaar-linked benefits were transferred to that account
COVID-19: Fear factor, supply uncertainty can make second wave worse for rural India, warns Pronab Sen
Down To Earth spoke to economist Sen, India’s former chief statistician and programme director for the International Growth Centre - …
One Nation, One Ration Card and the hurdles ahead
While this scheme would bring perceptible changes to the lives of India’s internal migrant workers, challenges lie ahead in designing and …
Supreme Court upholds the constitutional validity of Aadhaar
Aadhaar will no longer be required to be given to banks, cellphone firms, schools or offices but would be required for filing I-T returns
Migration for work is making matters worse for poor tribals
As people leave their villages, they also leave behind the support system of government programmes
How pulses can regain their lost glory in India
Ensuring that pulses sell at the minimum support price and distributing them under the public distribution system can help them find favour with …
Widow denied ration starves to death in Jharkhand's Garhwa
The victim's family was denied their monthly entitlement of 25 kg of grains under the National Food Security Act for three months
India’s food subsidy programme, future of farmers hang in the balance
At the upcoming WTO meet, India has to negotiate a better deal to ease restrictions on giving food subsidies
Humble millets can ensure food security, nutrition to India’s vulnerable communities
Shifting from climate-resilient and micro-nutrient-rich traditional crops to cash crops has resulted in poor health indicators, says expert
Over 90 million excluded from PDS entitlement: Report
Many states still skip including vulnerable groups as automatic beneficiaries
One nation one ration card: How many know about it
Facilities of inter-state portability for food security and selecting a fair price ration shop of one’s choice has been availed by 58% …
Small incentive, big draw: How an officer makes PDS work
Jyoti Kakwani plugs pilferage in fair price shops by giving surprise gifts to those who demand receipts from the shopkeeper
At market's mercy
The government's decision to phase out procurement of rice from millers for its public distribution system may increase small farmers' …
Control and delete: Lack of data updating has left millions of poor Indians hungry; here is how
The government’s reliance on decade-old data due to a delay in census has resulted in exclusion of millions from the safety net of the …
Dying for ration: Deep in debt, Rajasthan villagers sell animals
Many across the state say received no ration for years; no help from authorities
COVID-19: Centre must make foodgrain distribution universal
The immediate support India’s poor need is food; everything else comes later
COVID-19 lockdown: 50 PDS shops sealed in Bihar for illegal trade
According to officials, more PDS shops will be sealed and action taken against shopkeepers in other districts as well
Land injustice, Aadhaar problems dog Jharkhand. Is the Opposition listening
Activists under Jharkhand Janadhikar Mahasabha highlight issues that should make a buzz before the Lok Sabha elections
Reduce food security benefits from 67% to 40% population, says panel on restructuring FCI
Shanta Kumar committee report recommends privatisation, outsourcing and cash benefit transfer to cut food procurement and distribution costs