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    This document discusses food security in India. It defines food security as the availability, accessibility, and affordability of food. Food insecurity can result from natural disasters like drought that reduce food production and increase prices, making food unaffordable for some. India has implemented various schemes like the Public Distribution System and buffer stocks to improve food security by stabilizing prices and distributing food nationwide. However, problems still remain like pockets of hunger and high storage costs.

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    This document discusses food security in India. It defines food security as the availability, accessibility, and affordability of food. Food insecurity can result from natural disasters like drought that reduce food production and increase prices, making food unaffordable for some. India has implemented various schemes like the Public Distribution System and buffer stocks to improve food security by stabilizing prices and distributing food nationwide. However, problems still remain like pockets of hunger and high storage costs.

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    This document discusses food security in India. It defines food security as the availability, accessibility, and affordability of food. Food insecurity can result from natural disasters like drought that reduce food production and increase prices, making food unaffordable for some. India has implemented various schemes like the Public Distribution System and buffer stocks to improve food security by stabilizing prices and distributing food nationwide. However, problems still remain like pockets of hunger and high storage costs.

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    Presented by:

    Aditya Singh,Aakansha Agarwal,


    Pragati Agarwal,Shreeansh Pratap Shahi and
    Chetna Girdhani
    XI E
    Sunbeam Lahartara
    Food Security means :
    Availability of food
    Accessibility of food
    Affordability of food
    Food Security is ensured in a
    country only if :
    Enough food is available for all the persons
    All persons have the capacity to buy food of
    acceptable quality
    There is no barrier on access to food
    Need for Food Security :
    For the poor sections of the society
    Natural disasters or calamity like earthquake,
    drought, flood, tsunami..
    Widespread crop failure due to drought
    How Drought affects Food
    Security
    Drought takes place
    Total
    production of food
    grains
    Shortage of food in the
    affected areas
    Prices
    Some people
    cannot afford to buy food = Food
    Insecurity
    Starvation
    If such calamity happens in a very wide spread
    area or is stretched over a longer time period, it
    may cause a situation of starvation
    Famine
    A massive starvation might take a turn of
    famine
    A Famine is characterized by
    widespread deaths and
    epidemics

    Famines and Starvation Deaths in
    India
    Bengal Famine, 1943
    killed 1.5 million to 3 million
    Bihar Famine, 1966-67
    2,353 deaths due to starvation reported
    Starvation deaths have also been
    reported in:
    Kalahandi and Kashipur in Orissa
    Baran district of Rajasthan
    Palamau district of Jharkhand
    Food Insecure Groups
    Worst Affected Groups:
    Landless people
    Traditional artisans
    Traditional services providers
    Petty self-employed workers
    Homeless, beggars etc.
    States Facing Problem of Food
    Insecurity
    Uttar Pradesh
    Bihar
    Jharkhand
    Orissa


    West Bengal
    Chhattisgarh
    Madhya Pradesh
    Maharashtra

    Hunger, another aspect of Food
    Insecurity
    Inadequate
    diet for a
    long time
    Poor people
    suffer from
    chronic
    hunger
    Chronic
    Hunger
    Due agricultural
    activities-rural
    regions & urban
    areas- casual
    labour
    When a person
    is unable to get
    work for the
    entire year
    Seasonal
    Hunger
    Indias attempts at attaining Food
    Security
    Highest
    Growth
    Punjab and
    Haryana
    Tamil Nadu
    and Andhra
    Pradesh
    Low
    Growth
    Maharashtra,
    Madhya
    Pradesh
    Bihar, Orissa
    and the N-E
    states
    Green Revolution: Foodgrain Production
    Indias Food Security System
    Buffer
    Stock
    Public
    Distributio
    n System
    Food
    Security
    System of
    India
    How the Public Distribution
    System works:
    Farmers or
    Producers
    States
    Fair Price
    Shops
    F.C.I
    (maintain
    s Buffer
    Stocks)
    Grains MSP
    Allocates Grains
    Central Issue Price
    C.I.P
    Distributes
    Grains
    Government schemes
    PDS (initial Public Distribution System scheme)
    RPS (Revamped Public Distribution System)
    TPDS (Targeted Public Distribution System)
    Special Schemes:
    AAY (Antyodaya Anna Yojana)
    APS (Annapurna Scheme)
    Results of Government Schemes
    in the years 1992-2000:
    Benefits from the
    Stabilizes prices of foodgrains
    Makes food available at affordable prices
    By supplying food from surplus regions of the country
    to the deficit ones, it helps in combating hunger and
    famine
    Prices set with poor households in mind
    Provides income security to farmers in certain regions
    Problems faced by
    Problem of Hunger still exists in many areas of India
    Foodstock in granaries often above specifed levels
    Deterioration in quality of stored foodgrains if kept for
    longer time
    High storage costs
    Increase in MSP has led to shift from coarse grain to
    rice and wheat production among the farmers

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