… -NFSA status-quo coverage, post NFSA (in most other states, PDS coverage expanded as a
… Where states use tide-over allocations, the cost of running an expanded PDS is shared by …

… studies to calculate the reach and coverage of the PDS and Kerala’s PDS was internationally
acclaimed as being a model system worth emulating by the other states in the country. …

… to pds. The consequence is the worst of all possibilities - targeted and inadequate coverage
… We believe that near-universal coverage is possible through the more efficient alternative of …

… areas (till the Sixth Plan) to global coverage (Sixth and Seventh) and currently to restricted
… Targeting: Targeting has been understood as restricting the PDS coverage to the vulnerable …

… Himanshu and Sen (2011) argue for making PDS universal or near universal to plug
leakages as they show in their calculations that states with expanded coverage have very low …

… the coverage and performance of the Indian Public Distribution System. … coverage, given
the parameters under which the programme operates, is roughly comparable to urban coverage…

… Public Distribution System (PDS) for foodgrains in India. It illustrates through counterfactual
simulations how the benefit-cost ratio for the PDS … If available resources permit the coverage …

… At the micro level, there is the question of excluding the non-needy from the PDS, extending
PDS coverage to those needy who are currently excluded and providing adequate coverage …

… The public distribution system (PDS) in India has close links with food security for the … of
the PDS and raises some policy issues with regard to scope and coverage of PDS, production …

… , the welfare component of PDS has gained importance and its coverage has been extended
… PDS was later expanded under the Revamped PDS (RPDS) scheme to 1,752 blocks with a …