Food Security in India: Challenges and Suggestions

Economics

Most of the people all over the world are suffering from hunger and malnutrition. The reason behind this problem is food insecurity. For a healthy and active life, food security access to enough food by all the people at all time. At present time India is developing country and its income, infrastructure, percapita income has also developed. But the problem is that faced by India is food management and its distribution. The Public Distribution System (PDS) of India plays an important role in reducing food insecurity by acting as a safety net by distributing essentials at a subsidized rate. Food security will exist when all people at all times have physical and economic access to sufficient and nutritious food that meets their food preferences for an active healthy life. Country like India having 21.92 per cent people living below poverty line and about one- half of all children are malnourished so in this perspective food security should be an extraordinary significance for a nation. The Global Hunger Index (GHI) 2021 ranks India at the bottom with 101st position out of 116 ranked countries with a GHI of 27.5, which the index characterized as “Serious” food security situation. This study demonstrates the term Food Security and its scenario in Indian context and this report quite disturbing because India is one of the largest producers of food in the world.

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