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Showing 1 to 6 of 6 for “"Public Distribution System"”.
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Food Security Goals and Public Distribution System: Potential for Outcome Improvement through the Digitization of India’s Distribution Regime
… economic downturn or natural disaster. The public distribution system is a food-based safety net program through which the Indian government addresses food security through distribution of essential commodities at subsidized prices to the targeted population. The public distribution system, …
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Role of Public Procurement in Improving the Consumption of Millets
… food access for poor consumers through the Public Distribution System (PDS). One of India's major food-based schemes is Public Distribution System costing between 14- 20 billion USD. It is also one of the largest social security programs in the world, that procures and distributes …
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Delivering Locally Sourced Nutritious Food to Indian Households
… in nutrition and executed through a robust distribution mechanism to reach all segments of the society. In this thesis, we take a step in that direction by combining expertise from the supply chain and nutrition areas to address protein-energy malnutrition among poor households in India. …
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Social Safety Net Programs and Household Behavior
… implemented reforms to the traditional public distribution system (PDS) that purchased foodgrain staples from farmers at a minimum support price and distributed it to poor families at subsidized prices. The first major reform expanded the number of retail stores selling subsidized …
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Food security in India
… the world's largest safety net program - India's Public Distribution System (PDS). The first chapter examines the impact of the program on the labor market. The second analyzes the effect of the program on food security. The third chapter asks whether households fully smooth consumption in the …
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A metals study to assess human health risks in drinking water from Eastport, Perry, and Pleasant Point, Maine
… wells, the Passamaquoddy Water District (PWD) public distribution system, and surface water sources. Arsenic occurrences in groundwater are known in the state of Maine, and at community meetings residents expressed their concerns about their drinking water quality and the possibility of …