“A recent study by Jha and Ramaswami estimates that in 2004-05, 70 per cent of the poor received no grain through the pubic distribution system while 70 per cent of those who did receive it were non-poor. They also estimate that as much as 55 per cent of the grain supplied through the public distribution system leaked out along the distribution chain, with only 45 per cent actually sold to beneficiaries through fair-price shops. The share of food subsidy received by the poor turned out to be astonishingly low 10.5 per cent.” And what does the government do? Pass the Food Security Bill and add a flow of at least 125,000 crore per year to this crazily corrupt pipeline.
Posted on: Tue, 27 Aug 2013 08:59:02 +0000
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