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The Food Corporation of India (FCI) was established in 1965 for the purpose of procurement, storage, and distribution of food grains. It has been playing a major role in the food security of India. [10] The National Food Security Act,2013 (NFSA 2013) converts into legal entitlements for existing food security programs of the Government of India.
The National Food Security Act 2013, also known as Right to Food Act, is an Indian Act of Parliament which aims to provide subsidized food grains to approximately two thirds of the country's 1.4 billion people. [1] It was signed into law on 12 September 2013, retroactive to 5 July 2013. [2] [3]
In 2005, India adopts its Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act and the Right to Information Act. [48] Between 20 August to 2 September of this year, the Special Rapporteur on the Right to Food leads a country mission to India. [49] In 2011, the National Food Security Bill, 2011, popularly known as Right to Food Bill was proposed.
Food insecurity is the opposite of food security: a state where there is only limited or uncertain availability of suitable food. The concept of food security has evolved over time. The four pillars of food security include availability, access, utilization, and stability. [ 4 ]
The Indian minister of agriculture Sharad Pawar meets representatives of the All India Fair Price Shop Dealer's Federation in 2004.. The Public Distribution System (PDS) is a food security system that was established by the Government of India under the Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution to distribute food and non-food items to India's poor at subsidised rates.
World over, food banks, canteens, community kitchens are critical in dealing with food insecurity. [8] Other state experiments include Anna Canteens in Andhra Pradesh, [9] Jhunka Bhakar Kendras in Maharashtra, [10] Aahar kendras in Odisha and Annapurna canteens in Chhattisgarh [11] are some such initiatives in India [12]
More than 13 million children, or 18.5% of the country's child population, lived in food insecure households in 2022. Before the COVID-19 pandemic, child hunger was improving, said Lisa Davis ...
The Famine Codes established three levels of food insecurity: near-scarcity, scarcity, and famine. "Scarcity" was defined as three successive years of crop failure, crop yields reaching one-third or one-half of the normal levels, and significant population distress.