FOOD SECURITY BILL

by joba
And sudeep hansda

RIGHT TO ENTITLEMENT TO FOOD

AND NUTRITION

On December 22, 2011, the Union Minister of

State (Independent Charge) for Consumer
Affairs, Food and Public Distribution
introduced the National Food Security Bill in
the Lok sabha
The Bill which aims to provide for food and
nutritional security in human life cycle
approach, by ensuring access to adequate
quantity of quality food at affordable prices
to people to live a life with dignity

INTRODUCTION
The Right to Food was first recognised
in the United Nations Declaration of
Human Rights, 1948.
In 1996, the formal adoption of the
Right to Adequate Food by the World
Food Summit paved the way for the
possibility of a right-based approach
to food security.

In India, Article 47 of the Constitution of

India,the State shall regard raising the
level of nutrition and standard of living of
its people and the improvement of public
health as among its primary duties.
The Bill is about some specified
entitlements to right to food and
nutrition to certain sections of the
population.

DIMENSION OF FOOD SECURITY

Availability of food- Food availability

addresses the supply side of food
security and is determined
by the level of food production, stock
levels and net trade.

Economic and physical access to foodAn adequate supply of food at the national
or international level does not in ACCESS
to food itself guarantee household level
food security. Concerns about insufficient
food access have resulted in a greater
policy focus on incomes, expenditure,
markets and prices in achieving food
security objectives