Perspectives on Cash Transfers
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may 21, 2011 vol xlvi no 21 EPW Economic & Political Weekly 80 deciles with the amount of subsidy received, i e, Rs 2.06 per kg. For scenario 4, just like scenario 2, we first calculated the transfer amount by multiplying the total grain that is to be distributed under the NAC proposal with the economic cost incurred by the government, and subtracted this figure from the revenues generated. We then assumed that this money is distributed equally among all adults except those in the topmost decile of consumption expenditure and with an assumed 1% rate of exclusion for households in the bottom nine deciles. We then calculated the average per capita transfer received.
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