Decision for Ration Offtake: A case study in India

Sarkar, Rajat Jyoti, Bhattacharyya, Kalyanbrata, Adhikary, M

ISBN 10: 3659174114 / ISBN 13: 9783659174117

Published by LAP LAMBERT Academic Publishing, 2012

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Decision for Ration Offtake: A case study in India
• Publisher: LAP LAMBERT Academic Publishing
• Publication Date: 2012
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 3659174114
• ISBN 13: 9783659174117
• Binding: Paperback
• Condition: Like New
• Book Type: book

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Synopsis

The public distribution system is a part of the welfare attempt of any government to provide food and as maximum as possible required calorie to the people living below the poverty line. The public distribution system is fully effective, if those for whom it is meant reap its benefits. In our study, our objective is to assess the efficacy of the public distribution system in the district of Burdwan, West Bengal, India. But during the period of sample survey we are surprised to see that a significant percentage of households in the BPL category, for whom the government has arranged ration facility, do not draw their full quota of ration food grains. It is a peculiar fact. So we would like to find out the basic reasons behind this behaviour. It is necessary to identify/diagnose the factors responsible for such peculiar fact. So here we estimate a probabilistic model that will assess the decision of the poor families in respect of drawing ration in the Burdwan District of West Bengal,India.

About the Author

Dr. Rajat Jyoti Sarkar did M.Sc, M.Phil, and Ph.D in Economics from Burdwan University, West Bengal, India. Now he is working as an Assistant Professor in Economics in Chandernagore College, West Bengal, India. His areas of research interests are Development Economics, Agricultural Economics and Indian Economic Problems.