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100			_aDreze, Jean
245			_aRural poverty and the public distribution system
260			_c2013
300			_ap.55-60.
362			_a16 Nov
520			_aThis article presents estimates of the impact of the public distribution system on rural poverty, using National Sample Survey data for 2009-10 and official poverty lines. At the all-India level, the PDS is estimated to reduce the poverty-gap index of rural poverty by 18% to 22%. The corresponding figures are much larger for states with a well-functioning PDS, e g, 61% to 83% in Tamil Nadu and 39% to 57% in Chhattisgarh. - Reproduced.
650			_aPublic distribution system
650			_aPoverty
700			_aKhera, Reetika
773			_aEconomic and Political Weekly
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909			_a101833
999			_c101831 _d101831