Abstract
Multiple social assistance schemes were launched during the first lockdown to help the poor in India, but not all eligible households took advantage of them. Studying slum households in Delhi to evaluate the efficacy of nine central and state government schemes show that the average gain was only '992 per household for a month. If all eligible households had received benefits, this figure would have been '1,956 per household, making the distribution much fairer. The schemes decreased the indebtedness of households by an average of 12.24%, but this would have been 24% if all eligible households had been covered.
Original language | English |
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Pages | 39-45 |
Number of pages | 7 |
Volume | 56 |
No. | 51 |
Specialist publication | Economic and Political Weekly |
Publication status | Published - 18 Dec 2021 |
Funding
This study was financed from contingency funds available under the NABARD Chair Professor scheme at the Institute of Economic Growth. The authors thank the Department of Economic Research and Analysis of the NABARD, Mumbai for financial assistance and Sanju Yadav for help in conducting the survey and providing research assistance.
Funders | Funder number |
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NABARD |
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Sociology and Political Science
- General Economics,Econometrics and Finance
- Political Science and International Relations