Economics

project
SEM V
Topic: Food Security of India and Impact
of Climate Change on Food Security.
Group 6
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• What is food security?

• Dimensions of food security
• Availability
• Accessibility
Food Security • Affordability

in India Need for food security in India

• To avoid starvation
• During calamity or drought, production of
food decreases and there is shortage of
production of food grains
• Demographic trends
• Categories of food insecure people
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Food insecurity

Food insecure group Countries facing food insecurity

• Employment in ill-paid occupation • Ankara
• Landless labourers
• Yemen
• Traditional artisans
• Self-employed workers
• Sudan
• Economically backward people • Venezuela
• Regions prone to natural disaster • Zimbabwe
• Migrant people 
• Afghanistan
• Pregnant and nursing mothers
• Children below age of 5
• Nigeria
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Food is the basic need and fundamental right of every human being-
11 India has achieved self-sufficiency in food grains in the 1970s

Various schemes and programs Initiated by the Indian government-

22 India’s biggest challenge remains for ensuring the population the
nutritional and enough food.

Buffer stock scheme:

33 Commonly implemented as “intervention storage” is the ever
normal granary.

Impact of Public Distribution System (PDS):

44 Public Distribution Scheme was established to provide essential
consumer goods at cheap and subsidized prices

55 Long Term Food Security Measures

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Government schemes
for food security
• Public Distribution System (PDS)
• Targeted Public Distribution System
(TPDS)
• Mid Day Meal Scheme
• Antyodaya Anna Yojana (AAY)
• National Food Security Act, 2013
• Annapurna Scheme (APS)
• Village Grain Banks Scheme
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National Food Security Bill, 2013

Summary Salient features

• Preliminaries • Coverage and entitlement under Targeted Public
Distribution System (TPDS) 
• Entitlements • Subsidized prices under TPDS and their revision 
• Identification of Eligible • Identification of Households 
• Households • Nutritional Support to women and children 
• Maternity Benefit 
• Food Commissions • Women Empowerment 
• Transparency and Grievance • Grievance Redressal Mechanism 
• Redressal • Cost of intra-State transportation & handling of food
grains and FPS Dealers' margin 
• Other Provisions • Transparency and Accountability 
Revised version, as tabled in Parliament,
• Schedules
22 March 2013
• Food Security Allowance 
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How climate change

affects food security
• Higher levels of CO2 reduce the nutritional
value of crops
• The global food system contributes about
1/3rd of greenhouse gas omission
• Climate change is a threat multiplier for
hungry and undernourished people
• Climate change impacts all levels of food
system
• Extreme weather related disasters are
increasing and reduce the yields of major
crops
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Challenges faced by
food security in India
• State of hunger and malnutrition
• Supply-side challenges
• Trade-off between food and feed
• Trade-off between food and wood
• Shrinking land and water resources
• Food productivity, quality and waste
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Measures to be taken for
achieving food security
• Education and literacy
• Crop diversification 
• Tackling climate change
• Integrated water management
• Integrated nutrient management
• Focus on small farmers
• Agricultural research education
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 About us…
Roll No. Name SAP ID Contribution
45 DARSHIL RAVESHIA 40311180594 Information & slide content: Introduction & Need for Food Security
46 MOKSHVI ROLIYA 40311180599 Information & slide content: Food insecure groups & Countries Facing
Problem Of Food Security
47 JAYNI RUPDA 40311180602 Information & slide content: Food Security System in India
Other: Preparing ppt
48 SHRISTEE SAH 40311180604 Information & slide content: Government Schemes
49 BHOOMI SANGANI 40311180042 Information & slide content: Food Security Bill and Its Salient Features
Other: Collecting Individual Reports & Preparing Word Report
50 PUSHTI SANGHVI 40311180616 Information & slide content: Impact of Climate Change in Agriculture &
How Climate Change Affects Food Security
51 ANUJ SATRA 40311180044 Information & slide content: Challenges Faced by Food Security in India
Other: Preparing ppt
52 HILONI SHAH 40311180046 Information & slide content: Measures to be taken for achieving food
security
Thank you