This paper serves to disentangle the complex system of Indian food policies related to wheat and rice procurement, storage, distribution and trade. Using nationally aggregated time series data, these policies are econometrically analysed. Based on the estimation results, their market...

Rising prices is a growing concern in developing countries especially in the context of food security. The welfare impact of such a price rise has important policy and regulatory implications. In this paper, we have analysed the welfare effect of a price rise of staple food items among Indian...

During 1998-2002, India experienced record public surpluses of wheat and rice, sharply higher government grain subsidy outlays, and declining per capita consumption of wheat and rice. By 2006, despite continued high subsidies and sluggish domestic consumption, India developed a large wheat...