Distribution in India Alain de Janvry K Subbarao The role of food prices and intersectoral terms of trade in stimulating agricultural growth and effecting changes in income distribution has been the subject of bitter controversy in the recent period in India. Much of this controversy, however, arises out of a lack of understanding of the conflicting effects on the net welfare of various social classes that are generated by a given change in the price and/or output of foodgrains.
