Understanding leakages in the public distribution system

Economic and Political Weekly

Volumn 50, Issue 7, 2015, Pages 39-42

  Drèze, Jean ^a   Khera, Reetika ^b  

^a RANCHI UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY DELHI   (India)

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EID: 84923274066     PISSN: 00129976     EISSN: 23498846     Source Type: Journal    
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