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Weakening welfare : the public distribution of food in India / Madhura Swaminathan.

By: Publication details: New Delhi : LeftWord Books, 2000.Description: vii, 140 p. ; 23 cmISBN:
  • 8187496088
  • 9788187496090
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 338.9 SWA
Contents:
1. Introduction; 2. PDS in India: Phases of Development; 3. Why We Need a System of Food Distribution; 4. What Ails PDS Today? Failures and Successes of PDS in India 5. Structural Adjustment and Food Subsidy: Selected Country Experiences 6. Policy Changes Since 1991 7. Appendix: The Costs of Targeting 8. What Needs to be Done: 9. A Strategy to Reform PDS 10. Conclusions
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [128]-134) and index.

1. Introduction;
2. PDS in India: Phases of Development;
3. Why We Need a System of Food Distribution;
4. What Ails PDS Today? Failures and Successes of PDS in India
5. Structural Adjustment and Food Subsidy: Selected Country Experiences
6. Policy Changes Since 1991
7. Appendix: The Costs of Targeting
8. What Needs to be Done:
9. A Strategy to Reform PDS
10. Conclusions