Two major in-kind poverty alleviation policies in operation are the PDS and MGNREGA. (Illustration: C R Sasikumar) What Prime Minister Narendra Modi ’s speech of December 31 made clear was that India was firmly moving away from the anti-poverty policies pursued by all previous governments. The new approach, made possible by technology, is to get away from the Amartya Sen-advocated in-kind income transfers to some version of cash transfers.
Two major in-kind poverty alleviation policies in operation are the PDS and MGNREGA. Both involve largescale government involvement. The former has the government (Food Corporation of India) involved in procurement, storage, […]
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