Functioning of the Public Distribution System in India: An empirical evaluation

Outlook on Agriculture

Volumn 39, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 177-184

  Kumar, Parmod ^a  

^a INSTITUTE FOR SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC CHANGE   (India)

Author keywords

APL; BPL; Food diversion; India; PDS; Targeting errors

Indexed keywords

EID: 78049507574     PISSN: 00307270     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5367/oa.2010.0003     Document Type: Article

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