Lessons for India’s Food Security Policy

Background:

• The food security scenario in India witnessed dramatic changes in the past 6 decades.
• It used to be a food deficit country in the 1960s that had to import food grains from USA to feed the starving masses. The situation was ‘ship-to-mouth’.
• It is now a country that is now looking for ways to dispose off excess stores of food grains and is shipping grains to the starving masses in Afghanistan.
• State and central governments have worked to enhance the access to food for the vulnerable sections with a reasonable level of success.
• However, it is premature to celebrate it as India is yet to guarantee the food security of its population.

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