Agrarian performance and food price inflation in India: Pre- And post-economic liberalisation

Economic and Political Weekly

Volumn 50, Issue 31, 2015, Pages 49-60

  Nair, Sthanu R ^a   Eapen, Leena Mary ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF MANAGEMENT KOZHIKODE   (India)

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