What has our government done to provide food security to the poor? Discss any two schemes launches by the government?
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mereena
Dec '16
What has our government done to provide food security to the poor? Discuss any two schemes launched by the government.
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Describe different schemes launched by the government to provide food security to the poor.
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mereena
Dec '16
The schemes launched to provide food security to the poor include
(i) Targeted Public Distribution System (TPDS) for targeting the poor people in all areas of India.
(ii) Annapurna Scheme to provide 10 kg of food grains free of cost per month to indigent and destitute senior citizens.
(iii) Antyodaya Anna Yojana to provide 25 kg food grains per month at the rate of Rs 2 per kg for wheat and Rs 3 per kg for rice to BPL families identified as the ‘poorest of the poor’.
(iv) Integrated Child Development Services (ICDS) to provide children up to 6 years of age supplementary nutrition, immunisation, health check-up, referral services’, pre-school non-formal education as well as nutrition and health education for their mothers.
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the Antyodaya Anna Yojana and the National Food for Work Programme.
Antyodaya Anna Yojana
(i) Launched in December 2000, it caters to the families below poverty level.
(ii) Under this scheme, one crore of the poorest among the BPL families covered under the targeted public distribution system were identified.
(iii) Twenty-five kilograms of food grains were made available to each eligible family at a highly subsidised rate (Rs 2 per kg for wheat and Rs 3 per kg for rice)
(iv) The quantity of food grains was enhanced from 25 to 35 kgs with effect from April 2002.
(v) The scheme was expanded twice to include a greater number of BPL families. By August 2004, 2 crore families were covered under this scheme.
National Food for Work Programme
(i) Launched in November 2004, it caters to 150 most backward districts of the country.
(ii) Its objective is to intensify the generation of supplementary wage employment.
(iii) Any rural poor in need of wage employment and having the desire to do manual unskilled work can avail of this programme.
(iv) It is a 100 per cent Centrally-sponsored scheme. The food grains are provided to the States free of cost.
(v) The district collector is entrusted with the overall responsibility of planning, implementation, coordination, monitoring and supervision.
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