Positive and Normative Aspects of Food Policy and the Market in Indian Agriculture-An Empirical Analysis of Government Policy Interventions in Food Management

There are discussions about food management and food policy issues in India in the backdrop of largely unchanging dynamics of slow growth of the farm sector in India. First we deal with the manner in which the changing situation is dealt with in terms of cycles in the wheat market. An analysis is done to shos the effects of government policy including subsidizing import is dealt with in the policy literature. The welfare impacts of the policy of subsidies on imports alongside high Support Prices are empirically examined. Finally debates on high support prices are discussed. There is a need for food management in India, under conditions of global volatility, risk and uncertainty is obvious to any sensitive analyst of Indian Agriculture. [W.P. No. 2013-01-01]. URL:[http://www.mail.lindashiers.com/assets/snippets/workingpaperpdf/3497670192013-01-01.pdf].