Posted by Dr. R. Shashi Kumar at 10 May 2010
The food security in India facing the problems of both controlled and uncontrolled marketing deficiencies. Unless that sector is sustainable you cannot
really look for options for people to achieve food security in the immediate short or
even mid-term. Unfortunately, in the past, the food security issue was delinked from
agricultural production. Around 35
per cent world’s food insecure population lives in India and 10-15 per cent of the
total households in India are food insecure, and do not get an assurance of getting
at least two meals a day. Though PDS is a major step in bringing the food seucirty clause into the mainstream, many of the states does not get the proper support from the State itself. There are problems of health and education
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access because of the increasing expenses incurred on costly food. Landlessness
and the casualisation of labour have grown, and the seasonality of rural work has
sharpened every decade, every year. The WTO agreement also affects the food security in different way. Hence, it's now the high time to the Goverment to come out with a new strategy to secure food in India for non-secured people.
really look for options for people to achieve food security in the immediate short or
even mid-term. Unfortunately, in the past, the food security issue was delinked from
agricultural production. Around 35
per cent world’s food insecure population lives in India and 10-15 per cent of the
total households in India are food insecure, and do not get an assurance of getting
at least two meals a day. Though PDS is a major step in bringing the food seucirty clause into the mainstream, many of the states does not get the proper support from the State itself. There are problems of health and education
15
access because of the increasing expenses incurred on costly food. Landlessness
and the casualisation of labour have grown, and the seasonality of rural work has
sharpened every decade, every year. The WTO agreement also affects the food security in different way. Hence, it's now the high time to the Goverment to come out with a new strategy to secure food in India for non-secured people.
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