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Agricultural markets in India have been regulated since 1928 with the inception of the "Royal Commission of Agriculture … died. The famine provided a major impetus for formulation of a comprehensive food policy in India. The Food Policy … Committee which was set up after the disaster, suggested an interventionist government policy in the food grain market …
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Following this disaster in Orissa caused by a super cyclone there was a great deal of controversy over whether the high …
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resources in Northern Gujarat, India is discussed. Given that migration typically does not occur due to one singular risk, the …
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The paper reviews the trends over three decades in the consumption of cereals, calories and micronutrients and nutritional status based on anthropometric measures using the data sets of NSS, NNMB and NFHS. It provides an explanation for the slow growth of nutrient intake and slow reduction in...
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expert group has considered this issue in detail and has suggested new methodology to arrive at state wise and all- India … rural and urban poverty lines for 2004-05, the latest available major National Sample Survey (NSS) round on household …
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household or in distributing the benefits of work in favour of the marginalised population (such as Scheduled Castes and …
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In many parts of rural India the use of wood for fuel is the cause of significant environmental and health problems …
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This paper looks at rural infrastructure facilities in India, the lack of which is demonstrated to be an impediment to …
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A qualitative study was conducted in the six states of Andhra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu, Maharashtra, Rajasthan, Uttarakhand and Haryana to understand the socio-economic, cultural and demographic features accelatrating Infant Mortality rate and Maternal Mortality Rate.
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-health expenditure to a level where household is unable to maintain consumption of necessities. Based on this definition of catastrophic … health expenditure, the paper examines determinants of catastrophic OOP health expenditure in India. …
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