Food security in india
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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.
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Food security in india
- 2. Food security means : 0 availability, 0 accessibility and 0 affordability of food to all people at all times.
- 3. Food Security is ensured in a country only if 0 Enough food is available for all the persons 0 All persons have the capacity to buy food of acceptable quality and 0 There is no barrier on access to food.
- 4. Need for Food Security: 0 For the poor sections of the society 0 Natural disasters or calamity like earthquake, drought, flood, tsunami, 0 Widespread crop failure due to drought
- 5. How drought affects food security Drought takes place Total production of food grains Shortage of food in the affected areas Prices Some people cannot afford to buy food = Food Insecurity
- 6. Starvation 0 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 0 A massive starvation might take a turn of famine. 0 A Famine is characterized by 1. widespread deaths and 2. epidemics
- 8. Famines and Starvation Deaths in India 0 Bengal Famine, 1943 -killed 1.5 million to 3 million 0 The Bihar famine, 1966-7 - 2,353 deaths due to starvation reported Starvation deaths have also been reported in: 1. Kalahandi and Kashipur in Orissa 2. Baran district of Rajasthan, 3. Palamau district of Jharkhand and many other remote areas during the recent years.
- 9. Food Insecure Groups Worst Affected Groups: 0 landless people 0 traditional artisans 0 traditional services providers 0 petty self-employed workers 0 Homeless, beggars etc. 0 Families employed in ill-paid occupations 0 casual labourers (seasonal activities+ very low wages)
- 10. 0 SCs, STs and some sections of the OBCs (lower castes among them) –having poor land-base or very low land productivity 0 Migrants ( as a result of natural disasters ) 0 Women and children
- 11. States facing problem of food insecurity 0 Uttar Pradesh (eastern and south-eastern parts), Bihar, 0 Jharkhand, 0 Orissa, 0 West Bengal, 0 Chattisgarh, 0 parts of Madhya Pradesh and 0 Maharasthra
- 12. Hunger, another aspect of Food Insecurity Chronic Seasonal Hunger Due agricultural Inadequate Hunger activities-rural diet for a regions & urban long time areas- casual labour Poor people When a person suffer from is unable to get chronic work for the hunger entire year
- 13. India’s attempts at attaining Food Security Green Revolution: Foodgrain Production Highest Low Growth Growth Maharashtra, Punjab and Madhya Haryana Pradesh Tamil Nadu Bihar, Orissa and Andhra and the N-E Pradesh states
- 14. India’s Food Security System Buffer Stock Food Security System of Public India Distributio n System
- 15. How the Public Distribution System works: Farmers or Fair Price Producers Shops Grains MSP C.I.P Distributes Grains Allocates Grains F.C.I (maintains States Buffer Stocks) Central Issue Price
- 16. Government schemes 0 PDS (initial Public Distribution System scheme) 0 RPS (Revamped Public Distribution System) 0 TPDS (Targeted Public Distribution System) Special Schemes: 0 AAY (Antyodaya Anna Yojana) 0 APS (Annapurna Scheme)
- 18. Benefits from the PDS: 0 Stabilizes prices of foodgrains 0 Makes food available at affordable prices 0 By supplying food from surplus regions of the country to the deficit ones, it helps in combating hunger and famine 0 Prices set with poor households in mind 0 Provides income security to farmers in certain regions
- 19. Problems faced by PDS: 0 Problem of Hunger still exists in many areas of India 0 Foodstock in granaries often above specifed levels 0 Deterioration in quality of stored foodgrains if kept for longer time 0 High storage costs 0 Increase in MSP has led to shift from coarse grain to rice and wheat production among the farmers 0 Cultivation of rice has also led to environmental degradation and fall in the water level
- 20. 0 Average consumption of PDS grain at the all-India level is very low 0 Malpractices on part of PDS dealers: Diverting the grains to open market to get better margin, Selling poor quality grains at ration shops, Irregular opening of the shops 0 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