Impact of the Pandemic on Livelihood and Food Security: An Empirical Analysis of the PDS in Delhi
| Author | Arib Ahmad Ansari,O. Grace Ngullie |
| DOI | 10.1177/00195561211045797 |
| Published date | 01 September 2021 |
| Date | 01 September 2021 |
| Subject Matter | Articles |
Impact of the Pandemic
on Livelihood and Food
Security: An Empirical
Analysis of the PDS
in Delhi
O. Grace Ngullie1 and Arib Ahmad Ansari2
Abstract
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 revis-
ing the allocation.
Keywords
Covid-19 pandemic, India, Public Distribution System, Food Security
Article
Indian Journal of Public
Administration
67(3) 314–323, 2021
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1 Department of Political Science, Patkai Christian College (Autonomous), Nagaland, India.
2 Govt of NCT of Delhi, New Delhi, India.
Corresponding author:
O. Grace Ngullie, Assistant Professor, Department of Political Science, Patkai Christian College
(Autonomous), Chumukedima-Seithekema, Dimapur 797103, Nagaland, India.
E-mail: gngully06@gmail.com
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