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Aditya Shrinivas
Aditya Shrinivas is an Assistant Professor of Economics at the Indian Institute of Management Bangalore. He works on development economics, with a focus on food security, health and nutrition outcomes. He received his Ph.D. in Applied Economics from University of Illinois Urbana Champaign.
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The wide-ranging benefits of India’s Public Distribution System
India’s Public Distribution System (PDS) is the world’s largest food transfer programme and India’s most far-reaching social safety net, accounting for 60% of the country’s social assistance budget at one time. This article shows that the expansion of the PDS, following the National Food Security Act, prevented approximately 1.8 million children from being stunted, while also raising wage incomes and improving dietary diversity.
Night shift bans and female employment in Indian manufacturing
Do laws designedto protect women from unsafe working conditions constrain the demand for theirlabour? This question sits at the centre of global debates about protectivelegislation in labour markets. Our recent research (Gupta et al.2025) examines what happened when Indian states lifted long-standing bansthat prevented women from working night shifts in factories. Our findings offerimportant lessons for policymakers seeking to expand female employment,particularly considering the significant labourreforms that have been recently initiated by many state governments.