Food security in india

PPT on the problem of food security in India and related issues such as hunger,famine,public distribution system in india based on the Economics textbook for class 9th from NCERT.

1. Food Security in India Presented by: Virda Azmi B.Ed (General) Jamia Millia Islamia

2. Food security means : availability, accessibility and affordability of food to all people at all times.

3. 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 and There is no barrier on access to food.

4. 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

5. How drought affects food security D rought takes place T otal production of food grains S hortage of food in the affected areas Prices S ome people cannot afford to buy food = Food Insecurity

6. 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 .

7. Famine A massive starvation might take a turn of famine . A Famine is characterized by w idespread deaths and epidemics

8. Famines and Starvation Deaths in India Bengal Famine , 1943 - killed 1.5 million to 3 million The Bihar famine , 1966-7   - 2,353 deaths due to starvation reported S tarvation deaths have also been reported in : Kalahandi and Kashipur in Orissa Baran district of Rajasthan, Palamau district of Jharkhand and many other remote areas during the recent years.

9. Food Insecure Groups Worst Affected Groups: landless people traditional artisans traditional services providers petty self-employed workers Homeless, beggars etc. Families employed in ill-paid occupations casual labourers (seasonal activities+ very low wages)

10. SCs, STs and some sections of the OBCs (lower castes among them) –having poor land-base or very low land productivity Migrants ( as a result of natural disasters ) Women and children

11. States facing problem of food insecurity Uttar Pradesh ( eastern and south-eastern parts), Bihar, Jharkhand, Orissa , West Bengal, Chattisgarh , parts of Madhya Pradesh and Maharasthra

12. Hunger, another aspect of Food Insecurity

13. India’s attempts at attaining Food Security Green Revolution: Foodgrain Production

14. India’s Food Security System

15. How the Public Distribution System works: Farmers or Producers States Fair Price Shops F.C.I (maintains Buffer Stocks) Grains MSP Allocates Grains Central Issue Price C.I.P Distributes Grains

16. 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 )

17. Benefits from the PDS: Stabilizes prices of foodgrains M akes food available at affordable prices B y 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

18. Problems faced by PDS: 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 Cultivation of rice has also led to environmental degradation and fall in the water level

19. Average consumption of PDS grain at the all-India level is very low Malpractices on part of PDS dealers: Diverting the grains to open market to get better margin , S elling poor quality grains at ration shops, I rregular opening of the shops Low Income families earning just above poverty line have to pay APL rates which are almost equal to open market rates – lower incentive to buy from Fair Price Shops