Rural workers in Telangana are celebrating NREGA's 18th birthday. Despite everything, the Act is still a lifeline for millions.

The ‘cereal gap’: Looming issues in India’s foodgrain policy - Jean Drèze (Ranchi University; Delhi School of Economics) & Christian Oldiges Christian Oldiges (ESCWA) Read more: ideasforindia.in/topics/agricul…

India's "cereal gap": Up 50 million tonnes of cereals are unaccounted for every year. J. Dreze and C. Oldiges explain and discusss. ideasforindia.in/topics/agricul…

India produces 300 million tonnes of cereals per year, but household consumption is only half as much. The other half is a black hole. thewire.in/economy/cereal…

India’s “cereal gap” (diff between net availability and household consumption) is even larger than previously thought – more than 100 million tonnes in 2022-23! This is truly baffling. thewire.in/economy/cereal…

There is another reason for concern. What if the cereal gap hides a scam of some sort? It looks like there is a “hidden guzzler” of cereals somewhere in the economy. Why would the guzzler hide, if the deed is above board? Hopefully, time will tell. m.thewire.in/article/econom…

It could also be a statistical 'scam' in the form of overstated production. Many experts suspect this.

100 million tonnes of cereals are missing… every year - Jean Drèze (Ranchi University; Delhi School of Economics) & Christian Oldiges (ESCWA) Read more: ideasforindia.in/topics/agricul…

The mysterious Cereal Gap in India: In a new article in Ideas for India, Jean Drèze and I update our figures with the latest consumption data of 2022. 100 million tonnes of cereals are unaccounted for. Where do they end up? Have a read and let us know … Road Scholarz

And here the gap, based on the latest NSS 2022/23 consumption data. Any thoughts Sudha Narayanan Kalyani Road Scholarz @DrAparnaJohn Sumeet Mhaskar :) ?

Social programs can have indirect effects that spill over to nonbeneficiaries and the whole economy. In this paper, Simon Franklin, Clément Imbert, Girum Abebe and Carolina Mejia-Mantilla use a spatial equilibrium model combined with commuting data to estimate the spillovers

Jean Dreze read out the statement released by the Right to Food Campaign. Uphold the Right to Food and Freedom of the Palestinian People. End Hunger in Gaza! Stop the War! 🇵🇸

Jean Dreze reads Right to Food Campaign statement on war crimes in Gaza and the Indian government's complicity. The campaign urges the government to end all relations with Israel for the time being.

A delegation from the Right to Food Campaign, individuals and other people's campaign met Leader of Opposition Rahul Gandhi today. Certain crucial demands along with ground issues were discussed.

The story of Palestine in 2 mins. (Credit: Peacemeal Productions)

What is the relationship between capital accumulation (via the rise of the capital share) and income inequality? Here explained through the lens of compositional inequality 🙃 TREES Economía Uniandes To learn more: osf.io/preprints/soca…

At our #UNGA79 side meeting, Mauritania is sharing that they have officially launched their pilot MPI. They have found that some of the poorest regions of the country have moved the fastest in reducing their MPI. Watch live at bit.ly/4gMp6hA