Social Scientist Monthly Journal of the Indian School of Social Sciences VOLUME 9 NOVEMBER NUMBER 4 1980 CONTENTS Jacob Eapen 3 Introduction EMS Namboodiripad 11 India 1980: Political Develop- ments N Krishnaji 22 Poverty and Family Size B T Ranadive 36 The Intensified Crisis of the System A C Minocha 55 Sectoral Terms of Trade and Changing Pattern of Dis- tribution of Income in Madhya Pradesh Mamorama Savisr 70 Uneven Regional Develop- ment Barbara Harriss 96 Inaction, Interaction and Action: Regulated Agricul- tural Markets in Tamil Nadu Articles express the views of the authors and not necessarily of the editors or of the Indian School of Soda! Sciences.