1. These play a role in food insecurity in the following ways: (i) The SCs, STs and some sections of the OBCs who have either poor land-base or very low land productivity are prone to food insecurity. (ii) The people affected by natural disasters, who have to migrate to other areas in sear.ch of work.Read more

    These play a role in food insecurity in the following ways:
    (i) The SCs, STs and some sections of the OBCs who have either poor land-base or very low land productivity are prone to food insecurity.
    (ii) The people affected by natural disasters, who have to migrate to other areas in sear.ch of work. are also among the most food insecure people.
    (iii) A large proportion of pregnant and nursing mothers and children under the age of 5 years are food insecure people.

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  2. (i) Why food security? : (a) If there is no food security in a country, the poorest section of the society might not get food most of the times. (b) Others might too face problems in case of a national disaster or calamity like earthquake, drought, flood, tsunami, widespread failure of crops causingRead more

    (i) Why food security? : (a) If there is no food security in a country, the poorest section of the society might not get food most of the times. (b) Others might too face problems in case of a national disaster or calamity like earthquake, drought, flood, tsunami, widespread failure of crops causing famine. In such situations, the production of food grains decreases leading to shortage of food in the affected areas. Thus, people do not get enough food and become food insecure. So, there should be food security to ensure that everyone may get two square meals a day.
    (ii) The food security is ensured in the following ways:
    (a) Enough food is available for all the persons.
    (b) All persons have the capacity to buy food of acceptable quality
    (c) There is no barrier on access to food.

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  3. Generally, food security means getting two square meals. But it has following dimesons: (i) Availability of food: It implies food production within the country, food imports and the previous years stock stored in government granaries. (ii) Accessibility: It means food is within the reach of every peRead more

    Generally, food security means getting two square meals. But it has following dimesons:
    (i) Availability of food: It implies food production within the country, food imports and the previous years stock stored in government granaries.
    (ii) Accessibility: It means food is within the reach of every person.
    (iii) Affordability : It implies that an individual has enough money to buy sufficient, safe and nutritious food to meet one’s dietary needs.

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  4. one of the aim of PMRY is to create self-employment opportunities for educated unemployed youth in rural areas.

    one of the aim of PMRY is to create self-employment opportunities for educated unemployed youth in rural areas.

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  5. The Act provides 100 days assured employment every year to every rural household in 200 districts.

    The Act provides 100 days assured employment every year to every rural household in 200 districts.

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