Q1: What are the dimensions of food security?
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Food security has following dimensions:
Q2: How is food security affected during a calamity?
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Q3: ‘Even Today, there are several places in different parts of the country which are still food in-secure”. Support the statement.
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Although the Bengal famine has never been repeated in the history of India, it is disturbing to note that even today, there are places in different parts of the country which are still food insecure:
Q4: Who are food insecure? Describe in brief.
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Q5: What is Antyodaya Anna Yojana? Mention its role in ensuring food security in the country.
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The Antyodaya Anna Yojana is an important poverty alleviation programme started by the central government in December 2000. This scheme plays an important role in ensuring food security in the country:
Q6: What is the Sampuma Grameen Rozgar Yojana?
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Q7: Why is buffer stock created by the government?
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Q8: What is rationing? When was it introduced in India? Why?
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In the wake of the high incidence of poverty levels, as reported by the NSSO in the mid-1970s, three important food intervention programmes were introduced:
Q9: Why has the public distribution system been criticised? Give reasons.
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The public distribution system was started by the government for the distribution of food among the poorer sections of society through fair price shops. This was done to ensure food security in the country. But in the recent years, the PDS has stopped functioning well. There are several factors that have led to its decline.
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