01709nam a22001577a 4500 519217 519217 220215b ||||| |||| 00| 0 eng d Ngullie, O. et al 32115 Impact of the pandemic on livelihood and food security: An empirical analysis of the PDS in Delhi Indian Journal of Public Administration 67(3), Sep, 2021: p.314-323 The sheer extent of the Covid-19 pandemic and its crippling effect on the entire economy gave cold creeps. Suddenly the fragile, one-of-a-kind arrangement through which the daily wagers and the migrant workers were surviving broke down with the imposition of the lockdown, and we had a novel disaster on our hands. In such a hanging-by-thread situation, the adversely affected poor had to rely on the government machinery for sustenance. We attempt to undertake a first-hand evidence-based study of the implementation of the Public Distribution System in Delhi while examining the impact of the pandemic on livelihood and food security. Some policy gaps that we have identified include inconsistency with the quantity and quality of rations received and promised, exclusion and ultimately access to food. Based on the empirical examination of the specific problems faced by the poor on the ground, we recommend policy solutions corresponding to those specific problems which include utilising modern and emerging technologies, creating new cadre for monitoring and upwardly revising the allocation. – Reproduced Covid-19 pandemic, India, Public distribution system, Food security 29890 Indian Journal of Public Administration PUBLIC DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM AR 0 0 ddc 0 0 393267 IIPA IIPA 2022-02-15 67(3), Sep, 2021: p.314-323 AR126248 2022-02-15 AR