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How mandatory Aadhaar authentication leads to exclusion of the marginalised from PDS

Issue highlights a systemic failure that undermines constitutional guarantees and perpetuates hardship for the most vuln...

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Fortified Rice: A Villain or a Saviour?

https://www.cenfa.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/Fortified-Rice-A-villian-or-a-Saviour.mp3 India suffers from high rates...

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Random Reflections: Farm Laws, Food Security and PDS – The Reality

We know from history how some kings gave utmost importance to food security for every citizen, by constructing water ha...

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Is Universal Basic Income the next ‘big surprise’?

In the times of big surprises in the economic and political decisions of the country, is Universal Basic Income (UBI) th...

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March 25, 2024

Syed Asif Ali Zaidi

How mandatory Aadhaar authentication leads to exclusion of the marginalised from PDS

Issue highlights a systemic failure that undermines constitutional guarantees and perpetuates hardship for the most vulnerable segments of society. Jasoda Munda, 47, a daily wage labourer, had not received rations for the past eight to nine months. She complained that every time she visited the rat...

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March 11, 2026

Kavita Kabeer

Fortified Rice: A Villain or a Saviour?

https://www.cenfa.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/Fortified-Rice-A-villian-or-a-Saviour.mp3 India suffers from high rates of malnutrition, especially among women and children. The government claims that the fortification of food can be a sure-shot solution to combat it. As rice is a staple diet acros...

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May 29, 2021

Thomas Franco

Random Reflections: Farm Laws, Food Security and PDS – The Reality

We know from history how some kings gave utmost importance to food security for every citizen, by constructing water harvesting structures, rivers, dams and encouraged cultivation. One good example is tapioca cultivation in Kerala during a famed famine that occurred from 1860 to 1880. Vish...

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November 20, 2017

Madhavi Bansal

Is Universal Basic Income the next ‘big surprise’?

In the times of big surprises in the economic and political decisions of the country, is Universal Basic Income (UBI) the next big surprise? A series of statements by key policymakers of late seem to be indicating that. In the Economic Survey 2016-17, the Chief Economic Advisor (CEA) Arvind Subraman...

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How mandatory Aadhaar authentication leads to exclusion of the marginalised from PDS

Fortified Rice: A Villain or a Saviour?

Random Reflections: Farm Laws, Food Security and PDS – The Reality

Is Universal Basic Income the next ‘big surprise’?

How mandatory Aadhaar authentication leads to exclusion of the marginalised from PDS

Fortified Rice: A Villain or a Saviour?

Random Reflections: Farm Laws, Food Security and PDS – The Reality

Is Universal Basic Income the next ‘big surprise’?