Poverty and food insecurity in India: A Disaggregated regional profile

M. H. Suryanarayana and Dimitri Silva
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Dimitri Silva: International Poverty Centre

Indira Gandhi Institute of Development Research, Mumbai Working Papers from Indira Gandhi Institute of Development Research, Mumbai, India

Abstract: This study provides a profile of deprivation with respect to consumer expenditure, cereal consumption and energy intake across demographic and agro-climatic regions as defined by the National Sample Survey Organisation of India. It examines this evidence at the disaggregated level to verify whether a public distribution system (PDS) targeted with reference to estimates of poverty would end up penalizing the non-poor but food insecure. The empirical profiles have also useful policy relevance with respect to decentralized formulation and implementation of the PDS.

Keywords: Consumer expenditure; food insecure; non-poor; poverty; public distribution system (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I32 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 35 pages
Date: 2008-03
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