Reetika Khera

Development Economics, Public Economics, Social Policy
Reetika Khera is an associate professor (economics) at the Department of Humanities and Social Sciences, Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi. She studied at the Delhi School of Economics (MA and Ph.D.) and Institute of Development Studies, University of Sussex (MPhil).  She was a post-doctoral Research Associate at Princeton University. Before joining IIT-Delhi, she was a visitor at GB Pant Social Science Institute, Allahabad, Centre for Development Economics, Delhi School of Economics and the Planning Unit at the Indian Statistical Institute. For her Ph.D., she conducted a primary study in eight villages of Rajasthan, looking at the effectiveness of public interventions (such as relief works and the public distribution system) to prevent famines. Since then, she has remained involved in various field activities in India including surveys, social audits and "research for action" related to the National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (NREGA), Public Distribution System and others. She is interested in public support programmes of the government, especially those related to health and nutrition, food security and employment. She has published in a wide range of outlets: international peer-reviewed journals, magazines, newspapers and online portals.

Journal papers

  1. Maternity Entitlements: Women's Rights Derailed, Economic and Political Weekly, Vol 56, No 47, 20 November, 2021 (With Jean Dreze and Anmol Somanchi)

  2. Minimum Support Prices in India: Distilling the Facts, Review of Agrarian Studies, Vol 11, No. 1, 2021.

  3. Aadhaar and the creation of barriers to welfare", Interactions, ACM, November 2020 (With Sareeta Amrute and Adam Willems)

  4. Information Technology and Welfare: Social Security Pensions in Andhra Pradesh, Economic and Political Weekly, Vol. 55, Issue No. 26-27, 27 Jun, 2020. With Vineeth Patibandla.

  5. India’s Welfare State: A Halting Shift from Benevolence to Rights , Current History, Vol 119, Issue 816, April 2020.

  6. Fashions, framing and expertise: ethical hazards for economists , Journal of Global Ethics, Vol 15, Issue 1, April 2019.

  7. Impact of Aadhaar on Welfare Programmes, Economic and Political Weekly, 16 December, Vol 52, No. 50. Special Article.

  8. Aadhaar and Food Security in Jharkhand, Pain Without Gain?, With Jean Drèze, Nazar Khalid and Anmol Somanchi. Economic and Political Weekly, 16 December, Vol 52, No. 50. Special Article.

  9. Recent Social Security Initiatives in India, With Jean Drèze. World Development, Vol 98, October 2017, pp. 555-572.

  10. Children's Development: Baby Steps in Odisha, Economic and Political Weekly, Vol 50, No. 40. Special Article.

  11. Food Security: Bihar on the Move, Economic and Political Weekly, Vol. 50, No. 34. With Jean Dreze and Jessica Pudussery. Special Article.

  12. UID: From Inclusion to Exclusion, Seminar, August 2015.

  13. Public Health in North India, An Exploratory Study in Four States Economic and Political Weekly, Vol. 50, No. 21, pp. 53-58. With Kritika Goel. Insight.

  14. Understanding Leakages in the Public Distribution System, Economic and Political Weekly, Vol. 50, No., February 2015. With Jean Drèze. Insight.

  15. Cash vs. In-kind Transfers: Indian Data Meets Theory, Food Policy, 46, pp. 116-128 , 2014.

  16. Rural Poverty and the Public Distribution System, Economic and Political Weekly, Vol 48, No 45&46, 16 November, 2013. With Jean Drèze. Special Article.

  17. Mid-Day Meals Looking Ahead, Economic and Political Weekly, August 2013.

  18. On the NIPFP Response, Economic and Political Weekly, Discussion, Vol. 48, No. 10, 9 March, 2013. Discussion.

  19. A Cost-Benefit Analysis of UID, Economic and Political Weekly, Vol. 48, No. 5, 2 February, 2013. Commentary.

  20. Regional Patterns of Human and Child Deprivation, Economic and Political Weekly, Vol 47, No. 39, 29 September 2012. With Jean Drèze. Special Article. Food Security Act: One Step Forward, One Step Back?, Seminar, No. 634, 2012.

  21. Revival of the Public Distribution System: Evidence and Explanations, Economic and Political Weekly, Vol 46, No. 44-45, November, 2011. Special Article.

  22. Trends in Diversion of Grain from the Public Distribution System, Economic and Political Weekly, Vol 46, No. 26, 21 May, 2011. Special Article.

  23. India's Public Distribution System: Utlization and Impact, Journal of Development Studies, Vol 47, No. 3, pp. 1-23, 2011.

  24. The UID Project and Social Welfare, Economic and Political Weekly, Vol 46, No. 9. 2011. Perspectives.

  25. The BPL Census and A Possible Alternative, Economic and Political Weekly, Volume 45 (No. 9), 27 February, 2010. With Jean Drèze. Special Article.

  26. Women Workers and their Perceptions of National Rural Employment Guarantee Act, Economic and Political Weekly, Volume 44 (No. 43), 24 October, 2009. With Nandini Nayak. Special Article.

  27. Right to Food: Beyond Cheap Promises, Economic and Political Weekly, Volume 44 (No. 29) 18 July, 2009. Insight.

  28. Starvation Deaths and “Primitive Tribal Groups, Economic and Political Weekly, Volume 43 (No. 52), 27 December – 2 January, 2008. Commentary.

  29. Self-Targeting on Employment Programmes, Indian Journal of Labour Economics, Volume 51, No. 2, 2008.

  30. Access to the Targeted Public Distribution System: A Case Study in Rajasthan, Economic and Political Weekly, Volume 43 (No. 44), 1-7 November, 2008. Special Article.

  31. Empowerment Guarantee Act, Economic and Political Weekly, Volume 43 (No. 35), 30 August – 5 September, 2008. Commentary.

  32. The State of India’s Children (with Jean Drèze and Sudha Narayanan), Indian Journal of Human Development, Volume 1, No. 2, July-December, 2007.

  33. Political Economy of State Response to Drought, Economic and Political Weekly, 16 December, 2006. Special Article.

  34. Mid-Day Meals in Primary Schools: Achievements and Challenges, Economic and Political Weekly, 18 November, 2006. Perspectives.

  35. Bringing Grassroots Democracy to Life: The MKSS Campaign in the Rajasthan Panchayat Elections, Economic and Political Weekly, 19 February, 2005. Commentary. Monitoring Disclosures, Seminar, February 2004.

  36. Crime, Gender and Society in India: Insights from homicide data, Population and Development Review, Volume 30, No. 2, 2000. With Jean Drèze.

Journal articles

  1. Covid Relief for the Poor - Too little, too late, Seminar. December 2021. With Rishabh Malhotra.

  2. Balancing corruption and exclusion: Comment on the response, Ideas for India, 19 November. With Jean Drèze and Anmol Somanchi.

  3. Balancing corruption and exclusion: A rejoinder, Ideas for India, 28 September. With Jean Drèze and Anmol Somanchi.

  4. A Review of the Coverage of the PDS, Ideas for India, 19 August, 2020. With Anmol Somanchi.

  5. COVID-19 and Aadhaar: Why the Union Government's Relief Package is an Exclusionary Endeavour, EPW Engage, With Anmol Somanchi.

  6. Clarification on PDS Leakages, Economic and Political Weekly, Vol 50, No. 39. With Jean Dreze, Himanshu and Abhijit Sen. Discussion.

  7. UID project: Does Evidence Matter, Yojana, July 2014. [Full version of I4I article]

Books

  1. Drèze, Jean and Khera, Reetika (2015), Readings in Social Policy and Public Action, unpublished compilation.

  2. De, Anuradha, Khera, Reetika, Kumar, AK Shiva, Samson Meera (2011), PROBE Revisited (New Delhi: Oxford University Press).

  3. Battle for Employment Guarantee (2011), (New Delhi: Oxford University Press). Edited.

  4. Reviews: Gayatri Sahgal, The Book Review; Rob Jenkins, Realizing the Right to Work, Economic and Political Weekly; Pradeep Baisakh, "Ground Zero Realities", Governance Now.

  5. Citizen's Initiative for Right of Children Under Six (2006), Focus On Children Under Six, Abridged Report (New Delhi: Right to Food Campaign). Contributor.

  6. Dey, Nikhil, Drèze, Jean and Khera, Reetika (2006), Employment Guarantee: A Primer (New Delhi: National Book Trust).

Chapters in Books

  1. Democratic Politics and Legal Rights, in Sudhir Krishnaswamy and Mihika Tiwari (ed), Oxford University Press. Under review.

  2. India’s Food Security Act: Five Misconceptions, in Rajat Kathuria and Neetika Kaushal Nagpal (ed), Governance and Development: Views from G20 Countries (Springer Verlag). Forthcoming.

  3. Mid-Day Meals in Primary Schools, in (Ed.) (2009), Elementary Education in India: Issues and Challenges (Mussoorie: Lal Bahadur Shastri Academy of Public Administration). With Jean Drèze.

  4. Mid-Day Meals in Primary Schools: Achievements and Challenges, in Baru, Rama (Ed.) (2008), “School Health in India” (New Delhi: Sage Publications).

  5. Not everybody loves a good drought, with Aruna Roy, in Nirmala Lakshman (2007) Writing A Nation: An Anthology of Indian Journalism (Ed.), (New Delhi: Rupa Publications).

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