00879pab a2200133 454500008004000000100001900040245005500059260000900114300001600123362001000139520054600149650001600695773003400711180718b2003   xxu||||| |||| 00| 0 eng d  aRakshit, Mihir  aSome analytics of medium and long term food policy  c2003  ap.1777-794.  a3 May  aThis paper suggests a simple analytical framework in terms of which answers to questions of an optimal food policy package can be fruitfully sought. This, we believe, is a worthwhile endeavour since not only can some crucial sources of policy failure over the last quinquennium be appreciated in terms of our model, but the absence of such a framework seems to have led the High Level Committee set up to formulate a long term grain policy astray on some important issues in its otherwise well documented and persuasive report. - Reproduced.  aFood supply  aEconomic and Political Weekly