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FOOD SECURITY VIZ-A-VIZ FOOD SAFETY IN DEVELOPING COUNTRIES- AN INDIAN ASPECT

Scholedge International Journal of Business Policy & Governance

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Title FOOD SECURITY VIZ-A-VIZ FOOD SAFETY IN DEVELOPING COUNTRIES- AN INDIAN ASPECT
 
Creator Banerjee, Shruti
 
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Description India is a country of diversity, very rich in agriculture and natural resources, whereagriculture has been the main occupation of the masses. The food grain production in Indiaduring 2011-12, has been at all time record level of 259.32 million tonnes (GOI 2012-13),which is supposed to be more than sufficient to feed 1.21 billion population of the country,but it is ironically and unfortunately true, that despite the huge stock of food grainsavailable with the Food Corporation of India, (henceforth known as FCI) stray cases ofhunger deaths are still being reported in the country.Notwithstanding mentions in the Constitution, the hunger and poverty in the country goesunabated. The State has not been able to provide food to all, at affordable cost. Here, foodmeans basic agriculture produces, like-wheat, rice, pulses and sugar. All these areimportant for a human being, because at least two full diets are required to satisfy thebiological need of food, or hunger. The huge population base and lack of sufficientdomestic production of foodgrain in the past, and import of foodgrain from other countries(before the green revolution), lack of purchasing power, geographical discontinuity anddifference in supply and demand of food grains in the country, required special efforts bythe central and state governments to create food security net.
 
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Date 2015-06-22
 
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Identifier http://thescholedge.org/index.php/sijbpg/article/view/68
 
Source Scholedge International Journal of Business Policy & Governance ISSN 2394-3351; Vol 1, No 1 (2014); 17-22
2394-3351
 
Language eng
 
Relation http://thescholedge.org/index.php/sijbpg/article/view/68/44
 
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