FOOD SECURITY SYSTEM IN INDIA – ISSUES AND CHAENGES
Journal Title: International Journal of Research in Social Sciences - Year 2017, Vol 7, Issue 10
Abstract
India has now achieved self sufficiency in food production but due to lack of adequate number of warehousing facilities a considerable portion of agricultural products is spoiled every year by rotting in rain water. Even though Indian Public Distribution System (PDS) is the world’s largest social safety network for distribution of food materials and Indian Government since independence has started many scheme to facilitate its people with sufficient food availability, but rural populations in many areas are still facing uncertainties in food security on a daily basis. The major issues on which success of food security depend, are availability of food for all citizens, accessibility of food throughout India, absorption of balanced food intake and stability of food supply. Indian Government has made food security a right for poor through National Food Security Act (NFSA), 2013. The cropping pattern in India is changing continuously with change in weather pattern in Indian subcontinent as well as with gradual reduction in ownership of cultivable land in India due to fragmentation among family members. The major challenges which India have to face for sustaining NFSA program in near future, are availability of required quantity of food grains produced by Indian farmers, extra budget allocation for importing food materials without hampering country’s development program, cautious dealing of PDS avoiding emerging corruption as well as crime due to rapid increase in unemployment and keeping the youth busy in building modern India avoiding laziness and provocative drinking habit among a group of people getting food materials without any effort as spoon feeding in the name of food security.
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Dr A K Sannigrahi
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