POLICY BRIEF PAPER: REFORMING THE NATIONAL FOOD SECURITY PROGRAM.

The article discusses the National Food Security Act (NFSA) passed by the Indian Parliament offering albeit, cereals in limited amounts at subsidized prices to the bottom urban and rural populations. Topics discussed include the Act as the largest welfare program undertaken for providing food security and nutrition to poor, replacing the price subsidy with revenue neutral direct unconditional income transfers to benefit extremely poor and no imposition of additional fiscal burden.