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Chapter 4 Food Security in India
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What has our government done to provide food security to the poor? Discuss any two schemes launched by the government.
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(a) The government has taken following steps to provide food security to the poor:
(i) Maintain a buffer stock of food grains, namely; wheat and rice.
(ii) Public Distribution System.
(iii) Antyodaya Anna Yojana for “poorest of the poor”.
(iv) Annapurna Scheme for “indigent senior citizens”.
(v) Two schemes are discussed as given below:
(i) Antyodaya Anna Yojana (AAY) : AAY was launched in December 2000. Under the
scheme, one crore of the poorest among the BPL families covered undự the targeted Public Distribution System were identified. Poor families were identified by the respective state rural development departments through a Below Poverty Line (BPL) survey. Twenty-five kilograms of food grains were made available to each eligible family at a highly subsidised rate of ₹2 per kg for wheat and ₹3 per kg for rice. This quantity has been enhanced from 25 to 35 kgs with effect from April 2002. The scheme has been further expanded twice by additional 50 lakh BPL families in June 2003 and in August 2004. With this increase, 2 crore families have been covered
under the AAY.
(ii) National Food for Work Programme : National Food for Work Programme was
launched on November 14, 2004 in 150 most backward districts of the country with the objective of intensifying the generation of supplementary wage employment. The programme is open to all rural poor who are in need of wage employment and desire to do manual unskilled work. It is implemented as a 100 per cent centrally sponsored scheme and the food grains are provided to States free of cost. The Collector is the nodal officer at the district level and has the overall
responsibility of planning, implementation, coordination, monitoring and supervision. For 2004- 05, 2,020 crore had been allocated for the programme in addition to 20 lakh tonnes of Food grains.
Public Distribution System (PDS):
– Objective: Provides essential food items like rice, wheat, sugar, and kerosene at subsidized rates through fair price shops.
– Beneficiaries: Aims to assist economically weaker sections by ensuring access to affordable food grains.
– Implementation: Operates through a network of fair price shops across the country, reaching millions of households.
National Food Security Act (NFSA), 2013:
– Objective: Aims to provide subsidized food grains to around two-thirds of India’s population.
– Entitlements: Beneficiaries receive 5 kg of rice, wheat, and coarse grains per person per month at highly subsidized prices.
– Focus on Nutrition: Focuses on nutritional support for pregnant women, lactating mothers, and children to address malnutrition.
Both schemes play pivotal roles in ensuring food security for economically vulnerable sections of society by providing subsidized food grains through the Public Distribution System and implementing comprehensive measures under the National Food Security Act to combat hunger and malnutrition among the needy.