Tags: 'widespread poverty',
'decentralized system',
'institution of panchayati raj',
'farmers cooperatives',
'losses in transit',
'handling & distribution',
'local municipal authorities',
'high-income group',
'minimum support/procurement price',
'new agricultural pricing policy',
'AK Antony/ Food & Civil Supplies Minister',
'Jagdish Bhagwati & TN Srinivasan',
Prime Minister