Volume II,Issue IV, March 2026
Volume-II, Issue-IV, March, 2026 |
Received: 20.03.2026 | Accepted: 27.03.2026 | ||
Published Online: 31.03.2026 | Page No: | ||
DOI: 10.69655/atmadeep.vol.2.issue.04W. | |||
| পশ্চিমবঙ্গে রেশনিং ব্যবস্থার আর্থ-সামাজিক ইতিহাস ও রূপান্তর পর্যালোচনা এস. কে. সুজাউদ্দিন, স্বাধীন গবেষক, পশ্চিমবঙ্গ, ভারত |
S. K. Sujauddin, Independent Research Scholar, West Bengal, India | ||
ABSTRACT | ||
The
rationing system — that is, the distribution of foodgrains at
government-controlled prices — is an inseparable part of West Bengal's
socioeconomic structure. Rationing is not merely a technical exercise in food
distribution; it is a state intervention that temporarily reduces economic
inequality in society. This essay seeks to analyze that system not just from an
administrative policy perspective, but in the context of economic disparity,
labor market pressures, social stratification, and the power relationship
between the state and its citizens. From the great famine of 1943 to the free
ration scheme of 2024 — at every stage, this essay fundamentally examines how
the system was built, whose interests it served, where it failed, and how it
can become more effective and equitable in the future. | ||
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