00843pab a2200157 454500 180718b2002 xxu||||| |||| 00| 0 eng d Ramaswami, Bharat Efficiency and equity of food market interventions 2002 p.1129-135. 23 Mar This paper reviews the economic rationale of food market interventions in India, the problems that arise in designing these policies and their performance. The evaluation points to certain directions of reform which require that the framework of a centralised public distribution system be set aside in favour of a regionally differentiated safety net of food subsidies sensitive to local consumption patterns, needs and circumstances. - Reproduced. Food supply Economic and Political Weekly 52048 52048 52048 0 0 0 0 IIPA IIPA 2018-07-19 Volume no: 37, Issue no: 12 AR52478 2018-07-19 2018-07-19 AR