Topic: Issues related to direct and indirect farm subsidies and minimum support prices; Public Distribution System- objectives, functioning, limitations, revamping; issues of buffer stocks and food security;
7) FCI is a lynch pin in the food security program of India, yet failure of successive governments to reform the organization has resulted in huge losses to the exchequer. Highlight the deficiencies in the running of Food Corporation of India and suggest measures to revamp it. (200 Words)