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 …

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

खाद्य सुरक्षा के साथ पोषण सुरक्षा भी जरूरी

गरीब बच्चों तक अन्न पहुंचाना उतना बड़ा मुद्दा नहीं है। लेकिन फिर सवाल उठता है कि आखिर बच्चे कुपोषित क्यों हैं?

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

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

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' …

Kerosene consumption through PDS registers sharp increase

Consumption of PDS rice and wheat, too, increase

Why people want to be poor

Crisis in Chhattisgarh over implementation of food security law has crucial lessons for India's public distribution system

COVID-19: Bereft of clarity, why relief measures for Indian poor are not enough

Implementation of relief measures remains a concern. Those not registered under PDS scheme can be affected, say experts    

पीडीएस की सस्ती चीनी से केंद्र ने खींचा हाथ

बजट में पीडीएस के लिए शुगर सब्सिडी 4500 करोड़ से घटाकर 200 करोड़ रुपये की गई, राज्‍य सरकारों पर बढ़ेगा बोझ

भूख से मौत का "आधार"

झारखंड के सिमडेगा में जो हुआ, उसकी पृष्ठभूमि आधार की अनिवार्यता और उसकी जटिलताओं के साथ शुरू हो गई थी।  

As told to Parliament (June 27, 2019): Rs 3,470 crore spent on POSHAN Abhiyaan

All that was discussed in the House through the day

Dash for cash

Government unprepared but goes ahead with direct cash transfer

People demand food security at protest at Delhi's Jantar Mantar

Inflation making food out of reach for many, say demonstrators

'UBI can help people plan their lives properly'

As govt announces basic income for small farmers in its interim budget 2019, Down To Earth talks to Sarath Davala, who led a pilot study on UBI …

Union budget 2020-21 - explained in 15 charts

Nirmala Sitharaman's budget has little to offer rural India. Allocation to several schemes were slashed below 2019-20 revised estimates&…

The PDS learning curve

Tike tike in Orissa

Public Deprived System

The country’s 76 million poor have been denied the right to claim subsidised foodgrain under public distribution system

Parliament committee proposes no increase in foodgrain entitlement in Food Security Bill

States given the responsibility of expanding food security net to cover more households

Model in a fix

Chhattisgarh's much appreciated public distribution scheme is falling apart due to corruption and mismanagement

Left demands right to food for every Indian

Begins five-day sit in protest at Jantar Mantar

PM should head food security bill: M S Swaminathan

Giving right to food is not enough to deliver food, say speakers at a conference on food security