Presented by:

Aditya Singh,Aakansha Agarwal,

Pragati Agarwal,Shreeansh Pratap Shahi and
Chetna Girdhani
XI E
Sunbeam Lahartara
Food Security means :
Availability of food
Accessibility of food
Affordability of food
Food Security is ensured in a
country only if :
Enough food is available for all the persons
All persons have the capacity to buy food of
acceptable quality
There is no barrier on access to food
Need for Food Security :
For the poor sections of the society
Natural disasters or calamity like earthquake,
drought, flood, tsunami..
Widespread crop failure due to drought
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
Starvation
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
Famine
A massive starvation might take a turn of
famine
A Famine is characterized by
widespread deaths and
epidemics

Famines and Starvation Deaths in
India
Bengal Famine, 1943
killed 1.5 million to 3 million
Bihar Famine, 1966-67
2,353 deaths due to starvation reported
Starvation deaths have also been
reported in:
Kalahandi and Kashipur in Orissa
Baran district of Rajasthan
Palamau district of Jharkhand
Food Insecure Groups
Worst Affected Groups:
Landless people
Traditional artisans
Traditional services providers
Petty self-employed workers
Homeless, beggars etc.
States Facing Problem of Food
Insecurity
Uttar Pradesh
Bihar
Jharkhand
Orissa


West Bengal
Chhattisgarh
Madhya Pradesh
Maharashtra

Hunger, another aspect of Food
Insecurity
Inadequate
diet for a
long time
Poor people
suffer from
chronic
hunger
Chronic
Hunger
Due agricultural
activities-rural
regions & urban
areas- casual
labour
When a person
is unable to get
work for the
entire year
Seasonal
Hunger
Indias attempts at attaining Food
Security
Highest
Growth
Punjab and
Haryana
Tamil Nadu
and Andhra
Pradesh
Low
Growth
Maharashtra,
Madhya
Pradesh
Bihar, Orissa
and the N-E
states
Green Revolution: Foodgrain Production
Indias Food Security System
Buffer
Stock
Public
Distributio
n System
Food
Security
System of
India
How the Public Distribution
System works:
Farmers or
Producers
States
Fair Price
Shops
F.C.I
(maintain
s Buffer
Stocks)
Grains MSP
Allocates Grains
Central Issue Price
C.I.P
Distributes
Grains
Government schemes
PDS (initial Public Distribution System scheme)
RPS (Revamped Public Distribution System)
TPDS (Targeted Public Distribution System)
Special Schemes:
AAY (Antyodaya Anna Yojana)
APS (Annapurna Scheme)
Results of Government Schemes
in the years 1992-2000:
Benefits from the
Stabilizes prices of foodgrains
Makes food available at affordable prices
By supplying food from surplus regions of the country
to the deficit ones, it helps in combating hunger and
famine
Prices set with poor households in mind
Provides income security to farmers in certain regions
Problems faced by
Problem of Hunger still exists in many areas of India
Foodstock in granaries often above specifed levels
Deterioration in quality of stored foodgrains if kept for
longer time
High storage costs
Increase in MSP has led to shift from coarse grain to
rice and wheat production among the farmers