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Food coupons: The way forward?The food coupons plan will remove some of the ills that plague India's targeted PDS.
27 Apr, 2010, 03.55 AM IST
- Reforming food subsidy: Food coupons could work
We welcome the government’s reported move to start pilot projects to use food coupons for providing the poor with food security.
19 Feb, 2010, 04.39 AM IST
- Finmin weighs replacing PDS with food coupons
The finance ministry is looking to replace the public distribution system in the country with food coupons that can be used to buy food ite...
17 Feb, 2010, 04.17 AM IST
- No immediate plans to give food coupons
The Government today said it had no immediate plans to provide food coupons to people belonging to the poor and weaker sections.
31 Aug, 2007, 10.30 PM IST