Hou is faod security ensuled in India?
tood security is ensored in India.oh the hasis of the
tuo components, i.e. Buffe stock and ubic Distribution
systen Phs].
a Buffer Stock :. T is the siock of food ghains ike
uheat and rice procured ythe goverHment thraugh
food Corporation of India"[EC
l Publie: Disthibution System : The food procurd by th
ECT is distribuled threvgh qouerhment tegulated
ation shops. called Fai
Eall "Prite shops [FPSI among
the pooter sections of the society.
Gi Which are the people mare phone to faad instcuwity ?
’A large sectioh af peoplk suffer fram faod and hutritiah
insecurity in Tndia Hotueuer, the wost atfected qioups ar
as follouS:
1Landless and lad- poor houSeholds, ttaditichal artisiahs
providers. of traditional servites, petty self -eaployed
Dotkersanddeshtute inaduding beagars [Rural Arial
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il People employed in ill- paid ocupatians and casual
lalours engaged in seasonal activites.L Urban Areas
i People belorging to he Lockward scions of society,
namely Ss oBls_.
sÍs ond
id Peaplebelonqing to ecahamically - backuatd states with
high incidenc af poverty., tibal and emate areas
and egions more prone to natural disasters.
People affeted y natural disaters he have to pai
to other ateas. in search of wotk
sil Large proportioh of preghabt and nutsing msthers
children under Hhe age of 5 years.
az whìch states.are more food insecure. in India ??
’The economically bockward' states with bigh incidenee
ofpovery are more food insec Ure in Tndia. The st
of UP,Bihar, Tharkhand,Odisha, west Benggl, Chhat'
+2arts of MP ahd Maharashtra accoont for the largest
hunalrer of food gzoins. - insecure pecpla in countrg
Do you belie that Geeen Revolution has Pmade Thdia se
sufficient in food grains ? How ?
-2 Afier inde pendence, Tndia adopBed a newstrategy in
argtiulture, which
bhich resulted in he 'Gteen Revalutic
esperially in he prodvctioh of wiheat and ile. Ihdira