Why in news? What PM 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. What is an in-kind poverty alleviation policy? Two major in-kind poverty alleviation policies in operation are the PDS and MGNREGA. Both involve largescale government involvement . PDS – the government (FCI) involved in procurement, storage, transport and distribution of food. MGNREGA – the government […]
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