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| 008 - FIXED-LENGTH DATA ELEMENTS--GENERAL INFORMATION |
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| 100 ## - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME |
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| Personal name |
Chander, Parkash |
| 245 ## - TITLE STATEMENT |
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| Title |
Price subsidies versus income transfers (Notes) |
| 260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. |
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| Date of publication, distribution, etc. |
2014 |
| 300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION |
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| Extent |
p.104-108. |
| 362 ## - DATES OF PUBLICATION AND/OR SEQUENTIAL DESIGNATION |
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| Dates of publication and/or sequential designation |
5 Apr |
| 520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC. |
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| Summary, etc. |
The impact of the price subsidy under the National Food Security Act on consumption of cereals, and, therefore, welfare, will be different from that of an unconditional direct income transfer equal to the cost of the price subsidy only if the price subsidy is regressive among the set of people covered. This note argues that restricting the subsidy to an inferior good such as coarse grains alone may work better from both the fiscal and equity points of view. It recommends raising the entitlement for coarse grains to 7 kg a person per month, but keeping it unchanged for wheat and rice at 5 kg a person per month. - Reproduced. |
| 650 ## - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
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| Topical term or geographic name entry element |
Prices |
| 773 ## - HOST ITEM ENTRY |
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| Main entry heading |
Economic and Political Weekly |
| 908 ## - PUT COMMAND PARAMETER (RLIN) |
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| Put command parameter |
N |
| 909 ## - |
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103497 |
