Food Security in India: Performance, Challenges and Policies

Published By: Oxfam India | Published Date: September, 01 , 2010

This paper examines performance, challenges, and policies in food security in terms of availability, access, and absorption or nutrition. Speci? cally, the paper addresses the following questions: (i) What is the progress in supply side of food in terms of availability at the national level? (ii) How far has India progressed in attaining access to food and nutrition requirements at the household level? (iii) What are the programmes and policies that India has followed in realizing food and nutrition security? (iv) What should be done to realize food and nutrition security for all citizens of India?

Author(s): S. Mahendra Dev, Alakh Sharma | Posted on: Feb 28, 2014 | Views(1294)


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