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Understanding Mandis: Market Towns and the Dynamics of India's Rural and Urban Transformations

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Devesh Kapur

Starr Foundation Professor of South Asian Studies and Director of Asia Programs, Johns Hopkins University

Mekhala Krishnamurthy

Associate Professor in the Department of Sociology, Shiv Nadar University

In July 2012, the Food Corporation of India (FCI) reported that a record 38 million tonnes (mt) of wheat had been procured by government agencies. This consolidated a surge in state procurement that began in 2008, and represented a jump of nearly 35% over the previous year’s record volume.

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Understanding Mandis: Market Towns and the Dynamics of India's Rural and Urban Transformations (Working Paper)

Mekhala Krishnamurthy, Devesh Kapur
Working paper

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