88 SOCIAL SCIENTIST designed in such a way that majority of the poor and middle peasants derive the benefits generated out of it. IV. Food Policy 1 Monopoly procurement of the entire marketable surplus from big landholders at more or less uniform prices throughout India which provide an adequate rate of return. 2 State monopoly of wholesale trade in foodgrains. 3 Equitable distribution by statutory rationing in urban areas. 4 Maintenance of a sizeable buffer stock of foodgrains to meet contingencies. 5 Formation of people's committees at Panchayat level to make procurement and distribution a success. V. Labour 1 Employment or unemployment relief to all able-bodied. 2 Minimum wages to the workers and employees. 3 End to the wage-freeze or deferred payment. 4 Full neutralization of the increased cost of living. 5 Democratization of the management of public sector undertakings and nationalized concerns. 6 Compulsory recognition of trade unions and their right of collective bargaining by the management, 7 Measures for a continuous rise in the standard of living of the working class; fixation of wage differentials on a national basis. 8 Recognition of the principle of equal pay for equal work: no differentiation in wages to men and women. 9 Steps to ensure democratic functioning of trade unions: consultations with unions at all levels in chalking out government's labour policy