date:May 26, 2012
ert committee on long-term grain policy, said a selective subsidy scheme is feasible only when the targeted segment is small.
The government is giving the example of Mexico and Brazil to argue for cash transfer to the targeted segments. But while the level of malnourishment among children is 5-6 per cent in Mexico and Brazil, it is 46 per cent in India. With such a huge sample, how do you ensure that none of the poor families are left out, she said.