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TABLE 5.4
Changes in the shares for the poor in total public distribution of cereals,
1978/79 to 2001/02
Distribution (thousand tons)
Distribution to program for
Programs for
the poor as percentage of
Total PFDS
the poor
total PFDS distribution
Year
(1)
(2)
(1)/(2)
×
100
Pre-reform period
1978/79
1,825
581
31.8
1979/80
2,446
835
34.1
1980/81
1,546
521
33.7
1981/82
2,067
858
41.5
1982/83
1,937
857
44.2
1983/84
2,052
928
45.2
1984/85
2,580
1,371
53.1
1985/86
1,541
653
42.4
1986/87
2,119
945
44.6
1987/88
2,505
1,411
56.3
1988/89
2,941
1,751
59.5
1989/90
2,165
1,224
56.5
1990/91
2,449
1,331
54.3
1991/92
2,345
1,142
48.7
1992/93
1,074
618
57.5
Pre-reform
average
2,106.13
1,001.73
46.89
Postreform period
1993/94
1,376
845
61.4
1994/95
1,573
1,065
67.7
1995/96
1,794
1,147
63.9
1996/97
1,392
1,128
81.0
1997/98
1,621
1,224
75.5
1998/99
2,120
1,874
88.4
1999/2000
1,900
1,609
84.7
2000/01
1,774
1,506
84.9
2001/02
1,464
1,209
82.6
Postreform
average
1,668.22
1,289.67
76.68
SOURCE
: Food Planning and Monitoring Unit, Ministry of Food, Government of Bangladesh.
NOTE
: PFDS, Public Food Distribution System.
