State Food Provisioning as Social Protection: Debating India’s National Food Security Law

Harsh Mander

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Abstract: This report provides an overview on the main issues debated during the development and passage of the India’s National Food Security Act (2013), which legally binds national and state governments to extend far-reaching social protection to the country’s population. It raises many lively and pertinent debates that may be useful for policy-makers and advocates, especially in low-income countries but also emerging economies, who wish to strengthen the programmatic and legal frameworks for food and nutrition in their respective countries.

Keywords: India; social welfare; household food security; food resources; food supply; food policies, right to food, Gender-just, food security laws, nutritious food, hunger, buffer stock, access to food, National Food Security Act, food programmes, food insecure citizens, Dalits, Adivasis , widow, disabled people, orphans, Below Poverty Line, social protection, state intervention, debates and discussions. (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2015-10
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