Cash or Food Security through the Public Distribution System? Evidence from a Randomized Controlled Trial in Delhi, India

Gang, Ira N.; Lensink, Robert; Yadav, Bhupesh

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“…Rs 200 was the equivalent of 10.5 kg of wheat in New Delhi and 5.9 kg of rice in Chennai in January 2013 (FAO GIEWS retail price). This compares with a randomised control trial in Delhi, India in 2010–2011 which offered Rs 1,000 in unconditional cash transfer per household (Gangopadhyay et al ., ).…”

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Food Grain Policies in India and their Implications for Stocks and Fiscal Costs: A Dynamic Partial Equilibrium Analysis

Kozicka¹,

Kalkuhl²,

Brockhaus³

2016

J Agricultural Economics

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We analyse current and possible future reforms of the Indian food policies for the most important staple grains, wheat and rice, within a two-commodity dynamic partial equilibrium model with stochastic shocks. The model is empirically grounded and reproduces past values well. It uses a new reduced-form approach to capture private storage dynamics. We evaluate the implementation of the National Food Security Act (NFSA) under several policy measures with the current regime as well as two scenarios with a regime change -implementation of cash transfers and deficiency payments. Implications for market fundamentals and fiscal costs are simulated in the medium term -until 2020/21. The NFSA puts a high pressure on fiscal costs and public stocks. Relying on imports with low support prices results in low fiscal costs and stable, but higher domestic and international prices, and a high risk of zero stocks. A policy strategy to manipulate procurement prices in order to maintain public stocks close to the norms leads to slightly higher fiscal costs with lower, but more volatile prices. The highest domestic price volatility occurs under a strategy which uses export bans in order to maintain sufficient public stocks. A cash-based regime can bring considerable savings and curb fiscal costs, particularly 1 Marta Kozicka is a Senior Researcher at

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Food Grain Policies in India and their Implications for Stocks and Fiscal Costs: A Dynamic Partial Equilibrium Analysis

Kozicka¹,

Kalkuhl²,

Brockhaus³

2016

J Agricultural Economics

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“…Compared to poorer households, in wealthier households access to subsidized rice is related to greater additional rice consumption. The results of this study provide further evidence that, in their current form, India's food subsidies may not yield nutritional benefits (R. Jensen and Miller, 2011;Kochar, 2005;Tarozzi, 2005) and may incentivise consumption of nutritionally inferior food items (Ecker and Qaim, 2011;Gangopadhyay et al, 2013), especially in wealthier households.…”

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“…Some studies of rice and wheat consumption find adverse associations with nutritional outcomes (Gangopadhyay et al, 2013;R. Jensen and Miller, 2011;Tarozzi, 2005), while others find no such link (Ecker and Qaim, 2011;Kochar, 2005).…”

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“…Much of rice’s nutritional value is lost during processing and preparation. Some studies of rice and wheat consumption find adverse associations with nutritional outcomes (Gangopadhyay et al , 2013; Jensen and Miller, 2011; Tarozzi, 2005), while others find no such link (Ecker and Qaim, 2011; Kochar, 2005). Recent studies underline that the consumption of highly polished white rice significantly increases blood glucose levels compared to the consumption of brown rice (Mohan et al , 2014; Shobana et al , 2012).…”

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Subsidising rice and sugar? The Public Distribution System and Nutritional Outcomes in Andhra Pradesh, India

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India’s main food and nutrition security programme, the Public Distribution System (PDS), provides subsidised rice and sugar to deprived households. Using longitudinal data from Young Lives for Indian children (n = 2,944) aged 5 to 16 years, we assessed whether PDS subsidies skewed diets towards sugar and rice consumption, increasing risk of stunting (low height-for-age). Linear regression models were used to quantify additional rice and sugar consumption associated with accessing the PDS, and the association with stunting linked to consumption. Controlling for sociodemographics, accessing the PDS was positively, significantly associated with consumption of rice (30g/day) and sugar (7.05g/day). There was no evidence that this increase corresponded to nutritional improvements. Each 100g increase in daily rice intake was associated with a lower height-for-age z-score (HAZ) and no decline in stunting. Results were robust to alternative model specifications. There was no evidence that receipt of PDS rice and sugar was associated with improvements in child nutrition.

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“…In addition, transfers again are made only to women, price data are not available, and nutrient elasticities and spillovers are not studied. Gangopadhyay, Lensink, and Yadav (2012) show positive reduced-form impacts of a UCT program in India on calorie consumption, but do not estimate elasticities. Thus, estimates of the income elasticity of food expenditure and calories based on unconditional cash transfers are scarce, especially with price controls.…”

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The Income Elasticity for Nutrition: Evidence from Unconditional Cash Transfers in Kenya

Almås¹,

Haushofer²,

Shapiro³

2019

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for useful comments. This research was supported by NIH Grant R01AG039297 to Johannes Haushofer and the Norwegian and Swedish Research Councils. The views expressed herein are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the views of the National Bureau of Economic Research. NBER working papers are circulated for discussion and comment purposes. They have not been peer-reviewed or been subject to the review by the NBER Board of Directors that accompanies official NBER publications.

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Cash or Food Security through the Public Distribution System? Evidence from a Randomized Controlled Trial in Delhi, India

Cited by 5 publications

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Food Grain Policies in India and their Implications for Stocks and Fiscal Costs: A Dynamic Partial Equilibrium Analysis

Food Grain Policies in India and their Implications for Stocks and Fiscal Costs: A Dynamic Partial Equilibrium Analysis

Subsidising rice and sugar? The Public Distribution System and Nutritional Outcomes in Andhra Pradesh, India

The Income Elasticity for Nutrition: Evidence from Unconditional Cash Transfers in Kenya

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