01152pab a2200181 454500008004000000100002100040245005200061260000900113300001500122362001000137520063600147650001100783773003400794908000600828909001100834999001900845952010600864180718b2014   xxu||||| |||| 00| 0 eng d  aChander, Parkash  aPrice subsidies versus income transfers (Notes)  c2014  ap.104-108.  a5 Apr  aThe 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.  aPrices  aEconomic and Political Weekly  aN  a103497  c103493d103493  00104070aIIPAbIIPAd2018-07-19hVolume no: 49, Issue no: 14pAR103957r2018-07-19w2018-07-19yAR