Food Security in India
Contents: Foreword. Acknowledgements. 1. Background of the study. 2. Policy interventions for achievement of food security. 3. Operational mechanism of TPDS in India. 4. Public distribution system in Andhra Pradesh. 5. Socio-economic background of sample households. 6. Functioning of the daily requirement depots. 7. Household food security promoted by TPDS. Annexure.
Poverty hunger and health-related problems have been on the rise in India. The book analyses the implications of land reforms for the achievement of food security and human welfare in the country, taking reflections and lessons from the countries that have achieved better results; discusses the policies, plans and strategies adopted for the growth and development of agriculture, critical issues in development of agriculture for achievement of food security; and evolution of PDS and emergence of Targeted Public Distribution System (TPDS) in the country; issues of food security at the macro and micro levels; and also analyses the institutional mechanism evolved and nurtured for the implementation of such a large scale network of TPDS in the country. The book also critically examines the policies framed and followed for achieving the broader perspective of distributive justice in the allocation on PDS items to the backward states, in terms of general state level poverty, and the types of ration cards like Antyodaya Anna Yojana (AAY), Below Poverty Line (BPL) and Above Poverty Line (APL) cards issues.
The case study in Andhra Pradesh analyse how the Daily Requirement Depots (DRDs) of the Girijan Cooperative Corporations (GCC) Ltd. Is performing its activities in promoting food security, in the context of the growing needs of the tribal population; exposure of tribals to private markets; decline in traditional sources of income and persistence of poverty. The study also assesses the inclusive and exclusive errors in the appropriate identification and categorization of tribals for the issue of cards like AAY, BPL and APL. The book is mainly based on primary data collected in the Fifth Schedule Areas of Andhra Pradesh at the household level dealing with their livelihood patterns, their sources of income for meeting their consumption pattern and achievement of food security in terms own production and form Targeted Public Distribution System (TPDS).
Poverty hunger and health-related problems have been on the rise in India. The book analyses the implications of land reforms for the achievement of food security and human welfare in the country, taking reflections and lessons from the countries that have achieved better results; discusses the policies, plans and strategies adopted for the growth and development of agriculture, critical issues in development of agriculture for achievement of food security; and evolution of PDS and emergence of Targeted Public Distribution System (TPDS) in the country; issues of food security at the macro and micro levels; and also analyses the institutional mechanism evolved and nurtured for the implementation of such a large scale network of TPDS in the country. The book also critically examines the policies framed and followed for achieving the broader perspective of distributive justice in the allocation on PDS items to the backward states, in terms of general state level poverty, and the types of ration cards like Antyodaya Anna Yojana (AAY), Below Poverty Line (BPL) and Above Poverty Line (APL) cards issues.
The case study in Andhra Pradesh analyse how the Daily Requirement Depots (DRDs) of the Girijan Cooperative Corporations (GCC) Ltd. Is performing its activities in promoting food security, in the context of the growing needs of the tribal population; exposure of tribals to private markets; decline in traditional sources of income and persistence of poverty. The study also assesses the inclusive and exclusive errors in the appropriate identification and categorization of tribals for the issue of cards like AAY, BPL and APL. The book is mainly based on primary data collected in the Fifth Schedule Areas of Andhra Pradesh at the household level dealing with their livelihood patterns, their sources of income for meeting their consumption pattern and achievement of food security in terms own production and form Targeted Public Distribution System (TPDS).
