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Leveraging ICT for Food Security: An Analysis in the Context of PDS in India

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Social Transformation – Digital Way (CSI 2018)

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The Indian food security system, commonly known as the Public Distribution System (PDS) is plagued with inefficiency. While implementing the recommendations of various national committees; Government of India has initiated many ICT intervention projects to improve the efficiency and effectiveness of the system. This paper analyses the various ICT initiatives and its impact on Food Security in India. We collect secondary data both on the progress of various ICT projects and the performance of PDS system in the subsequent period through defined Key Performance Indicators (KPIs).We use multiple regression model to investigate the relation between these dependent and independent variables. Our analysis shows that there exists a positive correlation between reforms like ICT intervention and effectiveness of food security system. As food security in India is a global issue, the implications of ICT intervention projects on performance of the system can be a topic of interest in India and other developing countries.

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Biswal, A.K., Jenamani, M. (2018). Leveraging ICT for Food Security: An Analysis in the Context of PDS in India. In: Mandal, J., Sinha, D. (eds) Social Transformation – Digital Way. CSI 2018. Communications in Computer and Information Science, vol 836. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-13-1343-1_32

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