Date of Submission

7-28-1987

Date of Award

7-28-1988

Institute Name (Publisher)

Indian Statistical Institute

Document Type

Doctoral Thesis

Degree Name

Doctor of Philosophy

Subject Name

Quantitative Economics

Department

Economics and Planning Unit (EPU-Delhi)

Supervisor

Chetty, V. K. (EPU-Delhi; ISI)

Abstract (Summary of the Work)

Unlike in many developed countries, in India, institutions for distribution of goods and services are not well developed. Hence policy makers are concerned with the development of economic institutions to promote growth, remove unemployment and eradicate poverty. In addition to the general fiscal and monetary policy instruments such as taxes, su bsidies, bank rate, open market operations etc, the government also uses several price and non-price controls. For example, it administers the prices of essential inputs such as steel, coal, power ete, and distributes certain essential commodities through ration s hops at a price lower than the market prices.One way of directly affecting the income distribution or consumption distribution is through food subsidies and distributes certain essential commodities through ration shops at a price lower than the market prices. Оne way of directly affecting the income distribution or consumption distribution is through food subsidies and distribution of food grains through the Public Distri bution Scheme (PDS). This has its implications for the government budgetary system and the growth of the economy. Considering the magnitude of the poor it is almost impossible to devise a policy of income transfers from the rich to the poor in order to achieve the desired effects. Creating employment opportunities seems to be the only effective way of providing incomes to the poor. This point is reflected in the government 's policy of protecting labour intensive techniques of production though they are technically inefficient. The Seventh Five year Plan (1985-1990) gives the maximům importance for the creation of employment opportunities. Encouraging production of cloth through the handlooms is an example of this point of view. Thus, the trade off be tween growth and equity should be taken into account and the methods used to achieve income redistribution should maximize growth while achieving a predetermined income distribution.In this study, the focus is on evaluating the effects of government's policies in the foodgrain and textile sectors. Government intervention in the foodgrain sector is mainly in the form of price and quantity regulations whereas in the textile it is mainly in the form of taxes, though there are sector some quantity restrictions on the production of mill cloth, such as restrictions on the expansion of loomage in the mill sector. During the past decade there has not been any appreciable change in the Gini coefficients for the distribution of food and clothing expenditures in India. Since food and clothing are basic necessities of human life, planners in developing countries are interested in ensuring that the distribution of these basic necessities is not very skewed and that every one in the economy can afford to have atleast the minimum requirements.

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Control Number

ISILib-TH230

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DOI

http://dspace.isical.ac.in:8080/jspui/handle/10263/2146

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