*Research Scholar, School of Management Studies, Hyderabad University, India.
**Reader, School of Management Studies, Hyderabad University, India.
Online published on 29 September, 2017.
The main purpose of the study is to analyze the procurement of food grains by government of the system of procurement by FCI and the states; efficiency and economy in storage and movement operations; effectiveness of distribution arrangements of government to ensure that all people has access to food grains; procurement has been undertaken mainly under price support operations.
