Food Security in India: The Imperative and Its Challenges

Sudha Narayanan

Asia and the Pacific Policy Studies from Crawford School of Public Policy, The Australian National University

Abstract: This article addresses the imperative of food security in India in the context of persistent prevalence of malnutrition despite several years of rapid growth. In particular, the article posits that the recent promulgation of the National Food Security Act in September 2014 to meet this challenge also offers an opportunity to reconfigure its food distribution system and agricultural trade policy. These two issues pose the greatest and most immediate challenges for India. The more enduring challenge for India would be to sustain food production to ensure not only adequate quantities, but also to support dietary quality and diversity.

Keywords: India; food security; WTO; Public Distribution System; procurement (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 13 pages
Date: 2015-01-12
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