Cash transfers versus food subsidies during COVID-19: dietary practices of rural women in Bihar, India

Zakir Husain, Saswata Ghosh and Mousumi Dutta

Development in Practice, 2023, vol. 33, issue 8, 986-1000

Abstract: This study examines the coverage and effect of cash transfers and food subsidies in India during the COVID-19 pandemic. It is based on a primary survey of rural women in the state of Bihar – an underdeveloped state with poor public delivery systems – undertaken in January–March and September–November 2020. Although the coverage of cash transfers was wider than that of food subsidies, respondents receiving cereals and pulses under the Public Distribution System reported a lower probability of suffering from food insecurity vis-à-vis cash subsidies. The study suggests that food subsidies may be more effective when supply chains break down.

Date: 2023
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DOI: 10.1080/09614524.2022.2148632

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