Politics in South Asia

Wolf, Siegfried O.; Schöttli, Jivanta; Fürstenberg, Kai; Gallenkamp, Marian; König, Lion; Pauli, Markus; Mitra, Subrata Κ.

doi:10.1007/978-3-319-09087-0

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“…The coalition governments have included a large number of parties, most of which are state based parties espousing their own agenda. This has enables greater control in the hand of state governments in choice of public services to be provided (Manor 2015). Successive finance commissions which are responsible for coming out with the center-state tax revenue sharing formulae, have also further enhanced fiscal autonomy of states (Mundle, Chowdhury, and Sikdar 2016).…”

Section: Better Governance For Improved Nutritionmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…The platform of food procurement has enable him to garner votes through the pro-farmer policy as well raising the regional stakes in overall food economy (Krishnamurthy 2012). These initiatives lead us to hearken to the assertion Food Security and Nutrition in Rural India: Understanding State Level Heterogeneity 125 by Manor (2015) that state level politics as policies in India are now much closely associated with the methods of populism and patronage distribution chosen by the Chief Minister. Manor, argues that these 'post-clientelistic' initiatives arise out of the weak grass-root level organizational penetration of the political parties.…”

Section: Underlying Political Economy Of the Reformsmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Food Security and Nutrition in Rural India: Understanding State Level Heterogeneity

Rahman¹,

Pingali²,

Mittra

2018

World Food Policy

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While nutritional outcomes in India have improved, albeit slowly, the policy framework fails to recognize the importance of food and agricultural policies in improving nutrition. This paper provides evidence on the sub‐national variation in food security and nutritional outcomes and links it to the governance structure and policy priorities. Sub‐national unit of analysis has been a common theme in the comparative literature and we apply the same to understand the nutrition‐food‐agriculture nexus within India. We find that the states with a better agricultural system and public provision of health and hygiene perform much better on the nutritional outcomes. This hearkens to the academic understanding of nutrition as a multi‐dimensional concept, which has been ignored by policymakers. We further call for more careful analysis of sub‐regional heterogeneity and the changing policy paradigms at the sub‐national level to address poor nutritional outcomes in India.

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Section: Better Governance For Improved Nutritionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Underlying Political Economy Of the Reformsmentioning

confidence: 99%