Question:
How is food security ensured in India?
Answer:
Food security of a nation is ensured if all of its citizens have enough nutritious food available, all persons have the capacity to buy food of acceptable quality and there is no barrier on access to food.
Food Security in India
Q 1.
What is food security? What conditions should be fulfilled to ensure food security in a country like India?
Q 2.
A section of people in India are still without food. Explain?
Q 3.
Why is agriculture a seasonal activity?
Q 4.
What is buffer stock?
Q 5.
Name the year when a devastating famine occurred in India.
Q 7.
List the three A's Food security implies to?
Q 8.
Which states are more food insecure in India?
Q 10.
What are the dimensions of food security?
Q 11.
Write a note on the role of cooperatives in providing food and related items.
Q 12.
List the kinds of ration cards available?
Q 13.
What are the benefits from PDS?
Q 14.
What is Public Distribution System (PDS)?
Q 15.
Which two special schemes related to food security were launched in 2000? What were the objective of these schemes?
Q 16.
Which are the people more prone to food insecurity?
Q 17.
Why is a buffer stock created by the government?
Q 18.
Why is food security essential?
Q 19.
What is Minimum Support Price?
Q 20.
What is Chronic hunger?
Q 21.
Define malnutrition.
Q 22.
How is food security ensured in India?
Q 23.
Describe any three categories of people who are prone to food insecurity.
Q 24.
What are the functions of food corporation of India?
Q 25.
Define Green Revolution.
Q 26.
Name any six co-operative societies of the country.
Q 27.
How does World Summit 1995 define 'Food Security'?
Q 28.
What happens to the supply of food when there is a disaster or a calamity?
Q 29.
Describe the achievements of Public Distribution System (PDS).
Q 30.
Do you believe that green revolution has made India self-sufficient in food grains? How?
Q 31.
What changes have been noticed in the Public Distribution System recently?
Q 32.
Differentiate between seasonal hunger and chronic hunger?
Q 33.
How is food security affected during a calamity?
Q 34.
What is seasonal hunger?
Q 35.
Write notes on:Minimum Support Price, Buffer Stock, Issue Price and Fair Price Shops.
Q 36.
What has our government done to provide food security to the poor? Discuss any two schemes launched by the government?
