ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS :
1. How did the Food and Agricultural Organisation define food security.
Ans: Food and Agricultural Organization (FAO), defined food security as ‘ensuring that all people, at all times have both physical and economic access to the basic food they need.’
2. According to the World Health Organization, what does food security mean?
Ans: According to World Health Organization (WHO) food security means;
1) All people, at all times, have both physical and economic access to enough food for an active and healthy life.
2) The ways in which food is produced and distributed are respectful of the natural processes of the Earth and thus sustainable.
3) Both, the consumption and the production of food, are governed by social values that are just, moral and ethical.
4) The ability to acquire food is ensured.
5) The food itself is nutritionally adequate and culturally acceptable.
3. Why is there a strong need for food security?
Ans:
i) A large section of the population in the rural areas in India do not have access to enough food for an active and healthy life.
ii) People who are paid very low wages and landless labourers suffer from food and nutrition problems.
iii) The SC’s, ST’s, and some sections of the OBC’s who have a poor land base also need food security.
iv) People who live in regions which are prone to disasters, natural and man-made, suffer from food insecurity.
4. What are the main features of the National Food Security Activities 2013.
Ans: The National Food Security Activities 2013 provides food and nutrition security in the human life cycle. The Act also provides nutritional support to women and children, pregnant mothers and six months after child birth and school children up to 14 years of age.
5. What enabled card holders to get smart ration cards?
Ans: The Goa Government has implemented the food security bill from September 15th 2014 and announced digitalisation of the Public Distribution System by March 2015. This enables the card holders to get smart ration cards.
6. What are the two components in the government’s programme on the system of food security in India.
Ans: The Government‘s programme on system of food security in India involves two components:
i) Buffer Stock ii) Public Distribution System
7. What do you mean by Buffer stock.
Ans: Buffer stock refers to the stock of food grains namely wheat and rice, got or purchased by the Government from farmers through the Food Corporation of India (FCI) at a Minimum Support Price (MSP).
8. What is Public Distribution system or What are fair price shops.
Ans: It is an Indian food security system established by the Government of India under the Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution and is jointly managed by the State Government and Central Government.It refers to the process of distribution of procured food grains to the public through Government regulated shops – ‘Ration Shops’ for the poor people in the country. These shops are also called Fair Price Shops.
9. What are the various schemes that Government has started to benefit the poor under the National Food Security Activities (NFSA).
Ans: The various schemes that government have started to the benefit the poor under the NFSA are :
i) Integrated Child Development Service Scheme (ICDS – 1975) – to provide food supplement to children and pregnant women .
ii) Mid –day Meal Programme .
iii) Applied Nutrition Programme (ANP – 1963) .
iv) Special Nutrition Programme (SNP−1970) .
v) Antyodaya Annapurna Scheme (AAS −2000) – introduced for the poor below the poverty line or by providing food grains like wheat (25kgs) at highly subsidised rate of Rs.3 per kg and rice (Rs.25 kgs) at Rs.2 per kg .
vi) Food for Work Programme (1977 – 1978) .
vii) In 2017–18 over Rs.1500 billion have been allocated to provide food subsidy under the Targeted Pubic Distribution System (TPDS) .
Give the full form of :
i) FAO ii) WHO iii) SC/ST iv) OBC’s v) PDS vi) FCI vii) MSP viii) NFSA ix) BPL x) ICDS xi) TPDS xii) ANP xiii) SNP
i) FAO – Food and Agricultural Organization .
ii) WHO – World Health Organization .
iii) SC/ST – Scheduled Caste/ Scheduled Tribe .
iv) OBC’s – Other Backward Classes .
v) PDS – Public Distribution System .
vi) FCI – Food Corporation of India .
vii) MSP – Minimum Support Price .
viii) NFSA – National Food and Security Act .
ix) BPL – Below Poverty Line .
x) ICDS – Integrated Child Development Scheme .
xi) TPDS – Targeted Public Distribution System .
xii) ANP – Applied Nutrition Programme .
xiii) SNP – Special Nutrition Programme .
Fill in the blanks :
1. Food and Agricultural organization was founded in the year 1983 .
2. Availability is one of the dimensions of Food Security .
3. On 10th September 2013 the Government notified through the National Food Security Act 2013 to provide food and nutrition security to humans .
4. The Goa Government has implemented the food security bill from 15th September 2014 and announced digitalisation of the Public Distribution system by March 2015 .
5. India attained self sufficiency in food grain production especially in Rice and Wheat .
6. The two components involved in the Government programme on system of food security are Buffer stock and Public Distribution system .
7. Public Distribution shops are also called Fair price shops, ration shops .
8. The AAS – 2000 scheme introduced for the poor below poverty line at highly subsidised rate was the Antyodaya Annapurna scheme .