sameeksha Current Issue : VOL 43 No. 46 November 15 - November 21, 2008    See Full Contents>>
     Article Details
    Whither India's Food Policy?   (12th March 2005)
     Ramesh Chand
          Government intervention in foodgrain markets meant primarily for promoting food security has reached a stage where consumers are being deprived of basic food, when a large proportion of the output is diverted from the market to government warehouses. High prices for grains paid to producers, completely ignoring demand-side factors and costs involved in building and holding grain stocks have put them outside the reach of consumers. Stocks are being liquidated by releasing them to private trade for export at a heavy discount. This implies a sort of taxation for domestic consumers and provides a perverse incentive for private trade to withdraw from the primary market.


YOU MUST LOGIN TO VIEW FULL ARTICLES.

FOR SUBSCRIBERS ONLY
Email ID
Password
 
 Remember Me
 Forgot Password?
 Want to Subscribe?

NOTE: To view pdf files, you need an Acrobat Reader. If required please download
Acrobat Reader by clicking on the icon below .
getacro

320-321, A to Z Industrial Estate,
Ganpatrao Kadam Marg,
Lower Parel,
Mumbai, India 400 013
Phones: +91-22-40638282, Fax: +91-22-24934515
E-mail: epw.mumbai@gmail.com, edit@epw.in