Subject(s): Public distribution -- Food -- Noon meal scheme in Tamil Nadu's economy : Agenda, experience of noon meal scheme, costs and their implications -- Food and energy in north arcot district : Field research, social and material conditions of target households, food energy economy, alcohol consumption -- Interventions in rural food economy : Noon meal scheme in north Arcot district, non meal scheme in two Tamil villages, public distribution scheme in north Arcot district, drought and rice quota in Tamil villages, public sector financial flows