Nearly 28% of cereals distributed to the 813 million beneficiaries of the National Food Security Act 2013 do not reach households they are meant to, according to a paper by Ashok Gulati, an economist with the Indian Council for Research on International Economic Relations, or ICRIER, New Delhi.
The findings were based on national consumption data, underscoring the need to plug gaps in a supply chain spread across the country.
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Want to leave movie mid-way? Claim a partial refund
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