1. The cooperatives are also playing an important role in food security in India especially, in southern and western parts of the country. the cooperatives societies set up shops to sell low, priced goods to poor families.

    The cooperatives are also playing an important role in food security in India
    especially, in southern and western parts of the country. the cooperatives
    societies set up shops to sell low, priced goods to poor families.

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  2. PDS dealers are sometimes found resorting to malpractices like diverting the grains to open market to get better margins, selling poor quality grains at rations shops. irregular opening of the shops, etc.

    PDS dealers are sometimes found resorting to malpractices like diverting the
    grains to open market to get better margins, selling poor quality grains at rations shops. irregular opening of the shops, etc.

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  3. The intensive utilisation of water in the cultivation of rice has also led to environmental degradation and fall in the water level, threatening; the sustainability of the agricultural development in the states of Punjab and Haryana.

    The intensive utilisation of water in the cultivation of rice has also led to environmental degradation and fall in the water level, threatening; the sustainability of the agricultural development in the states of Punjab and Haryana.

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  4. There is a general consensus that high level of buffer stocks of food grains is very undesirable and can be wasetful the storage of massive food stocks has been responsible for high carrying cost, in addition to wastage and deterioration in grain quality.

    There is a general consensus that high level of buffer stocks of food grains is very undesirable and can be wasetful the storage of massive food stocks has been responsible for high carrying cost, in addition to wastage and deterioration in grain quality.

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  5. 'subsidy’ is a payment that a government makes to a producer to supplement the market price of a commodity. Subsidies can keep consumer prices low while maintaining a higher income for domestic producers.

    ‘subsidy’ is a payment that a government makes to a producer to supplement the market price of a commodity. Subsidies can keep consumer prices low while maintaining a higher income for domestic producers.

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