Intent to Implementation : Tracking India's Social Protection Response to COVID-19

The article takes stock of the social protection measures implemented through the Pradhan Mantri Garib Kalyan Yojana (PMGKY) to respond to the livelihoods impact of COVID-19 in India. The paper reports the share of households that received food, cash transfers and both forms of assistance under the...

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Main Authors:	Bhattacharya, Shrayana, Sinha Roy, Sutirtha
Format:	Working Paper
Language:	English
Published:	World Bank, Washington, DC 2021
Subjects:	CASH TRANSFERS SOCIAL ASSISTANCE SOCIAL PROTECTION DECENTRALIZATION CORONAVIRUS COVID-19 PANDEMIC RESPONSE
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/489721623054844190/Intent-to-Implementation-Tracking-Indias-Social-Protection-Response-to-COVID-19 http://hdl.handle.net/10986/35746

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spelling	okr-10986-357462021-09-21T20:09:19Z Intent to Implementation : Tracking India's Social Protection Response to COVID-19 Bhattacharya, Shrayana Sinha Roy, Sutirtha CASH TRANSFERS SOCIAL ASSISTANCE SOCIAL PROTECTION DECENTRALIZATION CORONAVIRUS COVID-19 PANDEMIC RESPONSE The article takes stock of the social protection measures implemented through the Pradhan Mantri Garib Kalyan Yojana (PMGKY) to respond to the livelihoods impact of COVID-19 in India. The paper reports the share of households that received food, cash transfers and both forms of assistance under the PMGKY program at the national and state level. While a few surveys have reported coverage and benefit receipt information related to PMGKY, the current analysis draws on one of India’s largest panel survey of households from CMIE to better quantify the coverage and targeting parameters. Results find that nearly 80 percent of all households received at least one social protection benefit from government programs. Approximately 40 percent of all poor households reported receiving both food and cash assistance. While subsequent versions of the paper shall attempt to unpack quantum of assistance, the first round of results on receipt of any transfers suggest that relief measures have been pro-poor and broad-based in outreach. However, there are state level variations in benefit delivery. Urban areas have lagged in coverage and cash transfers reached fewer shares of households relative to food distribution through the Public Distribution System (PDS). Furthermore, analysis highlights the need to bolster benefit levels for any future relief measures. Drawing on lessons from PMGKY implementation, the article concludes with suggestions on designing a decentralized and adaptive social protection system in India to protect the poor and vulnerable against impacts from the second wave of the pandemic and any future crises. 2021-06-14T15:38:33Z 2021-06-14T15:38:33Z 2021-06 Working Paper http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/489721623054844190/Intent-to-Implementation-Tracking-Indias-Social-Protection-Response-to-COVID-19 http://hdl.handle.net/10986/35746 English Social Protection and Jobs Discussion Paper;No. 2107 CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo World Bank World Bank, Washington, DC Publications & Research Publications & Research :: Working Paper South Asia India
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spellingShingle	CASH TRANSFERS SOCIAL ASSISTANCE SOCIAL PROTECTION DECENTRALIZATION CORONAVIRUS COVID-19 PANDEMIC RESPONSE Bhattacharya, Shrayana Sinha Roy, Sutirtha Intent to Implementation : Tracking India's Social Protection Response to COVID-19
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description	The article takes stock of the social protection measures implemented through the Pradhan Mantri Garib Kalyan Yojana (PMGKY) to respond to the livelihoods impact of COVID-19 in India. The paper reports the share of households that received food, cash transfers and both forms of assistance under the PMGKY program at the national and state level. While a few surveys have reported coverage and benefit receipt information related to PMGKY, the current analysis draws on one of India’s largest panel survey of households from CMIE to better quantify the coverage and targeting parameters. Results find that nearly 80 percent of all households received at least one social protection benefit from government programs. Approximately 40 percent of all poor households reported receiving both food and cash assistance. While subsequent versions of the paper shall attempt to unpack quantum of assistance, the first round of results on receipt of any transfers suggest that relief measures have been pro-poor and broad-based in outreach. However, there are state level variations in benefit delivery. Urban areas have lagged in coverage and cash transfers reached fewer shares of households relative to food distribution through the Public Distribution System (PDS). Furthermore, analysis highlights the need to bolster benefit levels for any future relief measures. Drawing on lessons from PMGKY implementation, the article concludes with suggestions on designing a decentralized and adaptive social protection system in India to protect the poor and vulnerable against impacts from the second wave of the pandemic and any future crises.
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author	Bhattacharya, Shrayana Sinha Roy, Sutirtha
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title	Intent to Implementation : Tracking India's Social Protection Response to COVID-19
title_short	Intent to Implementation : Tracking India's Social Protection Response to COVID-19
title_full	Intent to Implementation : Tracking India's Social Protection Response to COVID-19
title_fullStr	Intent to Implementation : Tracking India's Social Protection Response to COVID-19
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Intent to Implementation : Tracking India's Social Protection Response to COVID-19

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