Targeted or Universal Public Distribution System: A Comparative Study in India

Marina Rai
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Marina Rai: Jawaharlal Nehru University, Centre for the Study of Regional Development, New Delhi, India

No 256, EY International Congress on Economics I (EYC2013), October 24-25, 2013, Ankara, Turkey from Ekonomik Yaklasim Association

Abstract: The government of India introduced the Targeted Public Distribution System (TPDS) in 1997 replacing the Universal Public Distribution System (UPDS). This paper tries to analyse and compare the functioning of Public Distribution System in two of the Indian states: Tamil Nadu and West Bengal; when both had a system of universalised public distribution and then the changes in the food security status of the two states after the introduction of TPDS, as West Bengal implemented the TPDS and Tamil Nadu resorted to the UPDS. The paper also tries to compare the participation and targeting errors in Public Distribution System in both rural and urban areas of the two states and compare the effectiveness of the policy in the two states in curbing hunger and malnutrition. The paper facilitates comparison between the two policies and evaluates which policy incorporates better quantitative and qualitative aspects related to the food availability and accessibility. A comprehensive and comparative study of various aspects of PDS in Tamil Nadu and West Bengal reveal that UPDS in Tamil Nadu is more efficient in terms of implementation, functioning, coverage and effective in ensuring food security.Keywords: Public Distribution System, food security, targeting, rationed consumption.

JEL-codes: I38 O53 Q18 R11 R58 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 26 pages
Date: 2013
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