why and how was food security program adopted by India
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It was passed on 21 December 2012, by the State Assembly unopposed to ensure "access to adequate quantity of food and other requirements of good nutrition to the people of the State, at affordable prices, at all times to live a life of dignity.
Food security is required to ensure that each individual of a country has access to safe and healthy food at all times of the year. During a natural disaster,the rates of food rise (due to shortage of food). food security ensures that foodgrains are distributed at cheap rates to the poor, so that they do not starve.
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According to UN-India, there are nearly 195 million undernourished people in India, which is a quarter of the world’s hunger burden.
Roughly 43% of children in India are chronically undernourished.
People Below Poverty Line in India decreased to around 22% in 2011-12. The Poverty percentage was calculated using the Tendulkar methodology.
India ranked 76th in 113 countries assessed by The Global Food Security Index (GFSI) in the year 2018, based on four parameters—affordability, availability and quality, and safety.
As per 2020 country rankings, India ranked 71st among 113 countries in the GFSI.
As per the Global Hunger Index, 2018, India was ranked 103rd out of 119 qualifying countries.
According to Global Hunger Index, 2020, India rank has improved to 94th position out of the 107 countries but much behind countries like Bangladesh, Pakistan and Nepal.
According to FAO estimates in ‘The State of Food Security and Nutrition in the World, 2018” report, about 14.8% of the population is undernourished in India.
The State of Food Security and Nutrition in the World, 2020 report states that the prevalence of undernourishment in the total population in India declined from 21.7 % in 2004-06 to 14 % in 2017-19.
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