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With original contributions from eminent economists and planners, this volume reviews India's experience with the PDS and addresses a number of questions about the working of the scheme and the policies associated with it. The success of the PDS in Kerala and Andhra Pradesh as well as its failure in states like Rajasthan are critically examined. The macro issues discussed include fixing support and issue prices, the quantities of foodgrains to be procured and ...
The book contains five different articles analysing the diverse trends that underline the enduring conundrum of sex ratio in the country. The contributors are acknowledged experts on the subject of their concern and some of them have been privileged to have been associated with Prof. Mitra in his seminal contribution to women’s studies and in his search of policies for gender equity. Seen in the immediate background of the 2001 Census, the book acquires special ...