Food security in india class 9th

Food security in idnia economics class 9th

1. Food Security In India By : Gurkirat Singh

2. Food security means Availability Accessibility Affordability of food to people at all times

3. Food Security is ensured in a country if : Enough Food is available for all the people. All people can afford to buy food of acceptable quality There is no barrier on the access to food.

4. Need of 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 Drought Takes Place Total production of food grains Shortage of food in affected areas. Prices Some people cannot afford to buy food =food insecurity

6. Starvation If such a calamity happens over a very widespread area or is stretched over a longer period of time it may cause starvation.

7. Famine A massive starvation might take a turn of famine. A famine is characterised by Widespread deaths. Epidemics.

8. Famines And Starvation deaths in India. There has been no major famines recently as of 2022. The most recent and the biggest famine we had was : The Bengal Famine [1943] - It killed over 1.5 to 3 million people.

9. Food insecure Groups Migrants. Landless people. Petty self employed workers. Homeless, beggars etc. Casual Labourers. SCs, STs and some section of the OBCs.

10. Hunger, Another aspect of food insecurity.

11. India’s attempts at attaining Food Security.

12. India’s Food Security System BuffferStock Public Distribution System Food Security System of India

13. How The P.D.S Works : Grains MSP C.I.P Distributes Grains Allocates Grains Central Issue Price Farmers or Producers F.C.I [Maintains Buffer Stocks]] States Fair Price Shops

14. Government Schemes P.D.S [Initial Public Distribution System Scheme] RPS [Revamped Public Distribution System] TPDS [Targeted Public Distribution System] Special Schemes : AAY [Antayodaya Anna Yojana] APS [Annapurna Scheme]

15. Benefits From the PDS: 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.

16. Problems faced by P.D.S : Problem of hunger still exists in many parts of India. Food stock in granaries often above specified levels. Deterioration in quality of stored foodgrains if kept for long periods of time. High storage costs. Malpractices on part of P.D.S dealers : Diverting the grains to open market to get better margin. Selling poor quality grains at ration shops. Irregular opening of shops. Lower 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.