Simply Put: Tip of exclusion iceberg

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 …

Simply Put: Too rich to be poor

Simply Put: Dying for ration

Dying for ration: Centre to give free foodgrains to 813 million from New Year, but what of those excluded

Coverage of the National Food Security Act is still done on the basis of the outdated 2011 Census  

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

Simply Put: Ration denied

Wheat, rice lost in transit in last 4 years could have fed 82.30 million Indians for a month

The transit foodgrain losses in the period amounted to Rs 1,109.82 crore

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 …

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

Sowing report: Lowest area under paddy in a decade

Till July 8, rainfall had been deficient in at least eight states

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 …

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

Can Universal Basic Income tackle India’s poverty

Localised experiments with universal basic income have shown mostly positive outcomes across states, strengthening calls in favour of the social …

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' …

COVID-19 lockdown, recession backbreaking for informal workers, survey shows

The survey was done on 1,613 rural households in Bihar

Kerosene consumption through PDS registers sharp increase

Consumption of PDS rice and wheat, too, increase

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 …