Articles: Cash Transfers

• 2012
  • UPA makes its case for cash transfers (Remya Nair and Surabhi Agarwal, LiveMint, 24 Feb 2012)
  • Reforming or replacing the Public Distribution System with Cash Transfers? (Peter Svedberg, Economic and Political Weekly, Volume 47, No. 7, 18 Feb 2012)
• 2011
  • The PDS is not failing or ailing (Ria Singh Sawhney, The Tribune, 7 September 2011)
  • A case for uniform and universal system (Swathi Meenakshi, The Tribune, 7 September 2011)
  • The PDS in Rural Orissa: Against the Grain? (Ankita Aggarwal, Economic and Political Weekly, Volume 46, No. 36, 3-9 September 2011)
  • No substitute for PDS (Kuber Nag, The Hindu, 3 September 2011)
  • The PDS learning curve (Jijo Jose, Down to Earth, 18 August 2011)
  • The case against cash transfers (Sachin Kumar Jain, Infochange Agriculture, 8 September 2011)
  • Ration ke badle nakad ki maang kyon? (Sachin Kumar Jain, Naidunia, 23 August 2011)
  • Khatarnak hain ration ke badle nakad rashi ka mantra (Sachin Kumar Jain, August 2011)  [Download font]
  • Conditional cash transfers and health (K.S Jacob, The Hindu, 29 June 2011)
• Conditional Cash Transfers as a Tool of Social Policy (Francesca Bastagl, Economic and Political Weekly, 21 May 2011, Volume 46 Issue 21)
• Brazil’s Bolsa Família: A Review (Fabio Veras Soares, Economic and Political Weekly, 21 May 2011, Volume 46 Issue 21)
• Mexico’s Targeted and Conditional Transfers: Between Oportunidades and Rights (Pablo Yanes, Economic and Political Weekly, 21 May 2011, Volume 46 Issue 21)
• The Shift to Cash Transfers: Running Better But on the Wrong Road? (Devesh Kapur, Economic and Political Weekly, 21 May 2011, Volume 46 Issue 21)
• Cash Transfers as the Silver Bullet for Poverty Reduction: A Sceptical Note (Jayati Ghosh, Economic and Political Weekly, 21 May 2011, Volume 46 Issue 21)
• A Case for Reframing the Cash Transfer Debate in India (Sudha Narayanan, Economic and Political Weekly, 21 May 2011, Volume 46 Issue 21)
• Mantra of cash transfers (Editorial, Economic and Political Weekly, 21 May 2011, Volume 46 Issue 21)
• The cash mantra (Jean Dreze, The Indian Express, 11 May 2011
• Cash delusions (Frontline, Parful Bidwai, Volume 28, Issue 08, 09-22 April 2011)
• The flip side of cash subsidies (Himanshu, Mint, 29 March 2011)
• A dark lining to the shine (Neelabh Mishra, Outlook, 28 March 2011)
• Understanding a Welfare State and the issue of cash transfer (Soheb Lokhandwala, 16 March 2011, The Global Digest)
• A complement, not a substitute (Jean Dreze, Down to Earth, 15 March 2011)
• Putting cash transfer in its place (Himanshu, Mint, March 15, 2011)
• The siren song of cash transfers (Jayati Ghosh, The Hindu, 2 March 2011)
• Food or cash: The subsidy conundrum (Himanshu, Mint, 1 March 2011)
• Various articles on the Right to Food in India (Budget Track, January 2011)
• Kind to Cash (Richard Mahapatra, Down to Earth, 15 February 2011)
• 2010
  • The case for cash (Samar Halarnkar, Hindustan Times, 8 December 2010)
  • Unique facility, or recipe for trouble? (Jean Drèze, The Hindu, 25 November 2010)

Last updated: 16 April 2012