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Public Distribution System Reforms And Consumption In Chhattisgarh: A Comparative Empirical Analysis, Prasad Krishnamurthy, Vikram Pathania, Sharad Tandon

Prasad Krishnamurthy

Chhattisgarh’s Public Delivery System (PDS) reforms have been lauded as a model for the National Food Security Act and for other states to emulate. Previous research has shown that PDS rice consumption increased in Chhattisgarh following reforms by the Raman Singh government that began in 2004. However, one third of PDS rice consumption growth in Chhattisgarh from 1999/2000 to 2009/2010 took place before 2004. This magnitude is over 70 percent when growth is measured relative to comparison regions that undertook no reforms. This finding suggests that the pre-2004 reforms to Fair Price Shop (FPS) ownership and state procurement by the …