@Article {
	Title 				= {The Shift to Cash Transfers: Running Better But on the Wrong Road?},
	Author 				= {Devesh Kapur},
	Journal 			= {Economic and Political Weekly},
	Year 				   = { 2011},
	Month 				= {21},
	Number 				= { Issue No. 21},
	Volume 				= {Vol. 46},
	Abstract 			= {The Government of India has announced that subsidies on fertilisers, kerosene and liquefied petroleum gas will be replaced by cash transfers to end users. A close examination of the objectives of the subsidies in fertiliser and kerosene and the implications of the shift raises some challenging questions. While there is no doubt that India will have to move to a greater use of cash transfers, it may not necessarily be the best option in all cases. Unless discussions on transfers are part and parcel of a broader strategy, any changes in favour of cash transfers will simply amount to tactical differences and not address longterm challenges.
},
	Publisher 			= {Economic and Political Weekly},
	Type 				= {Journal}
  }