Issues in Food Security Bill

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Management Issues

in

Food Security BillGroup 3

ShailuRichaNileshSholan

Franky

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Index

Definition of Food Security

Components of Food Security

Food Security Bill of India

Management Issues in Food Security Bill

Recommendations

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Definition

Food security refers to the availability of foodand one's access to it.

A household is considered food-secure when itsoccupants do not live in hunger or fear ofstarvation.

According to the World Resources Institute,global per capita food production has beenincreasing substantially for the past severaldecades

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Components of Food Security

The Centre works with the following fivecomponents of Food Security: Availability- sufficient food for all people at all

times

Accessibility- physical and economic access to food

for all at all times

Adequacy- access to food that is nutritious and safe,and produced in environmentally sustainable ways

Acceptability- access to culturally acceptable food,which is produced and obtained in ways that do notcompromise people's dignity, self-respect or humanrights

Agency- the policies and processes that enable theachievement of food security

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National Food Security Bill of India

National Food Security Bill a legislationaimed at shoring up the UPA's support base inParliament.

The "landmark social legislation" will guaranteegrain at extremely cheap rates to more than halfof the population.

Food minister KV Thomas, said that it would

ensure that all Indians "live a life with dignity".

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NFS- Agenda

The bill marks a shift in approach to the problemof food security from the current welfareparadigm to a rights-based approach.

The proposed legislation confers eligiblebeneficiaries the legal right to receive grain at

highly subsidised prices.

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NFS- Definitions

General Households

General Households shall mean those householdsidentified by the State government as being in thegeneral group based on the identification criterianotified by the Central Government for the grant offood grains at rates given in Section 24 of this Act;

Priority Households

Priority Households shall mean those households

identified by the State Government as being in thepriority group based on the identification criterianotified by the Central Government for the grant offood grains at rates given in Section 23 of this Act

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NFS- The Key Points

The bill brings under its purview 63.5% of thecountry's population 75% of rural householdsand 50% of urban households.

The bill classifies all entitled households as"general" and "priority".

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NFS- Key Points

"priority - 46% of rural households and 28% ofurban households Every person belonging to a "priority household"

will be provided with 7kg of grain per month, comprising rice, wheat and

coarse grain. Rice will be provided at Rs 3, wheat at Rs 2 and coarse grain at Rs 1 per kg.

Others belonging to the "general category" would beentitled to not less than 3kg of grain per month at a rate not

exceeding 50% of the minimum support price.

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Other key points

The proposed law entitles every pregnant womanand lactating mother to meal free of cost duringpregnancy and six months after childbirth.

It assures "free or affordable" meals for destitute,

homeless and "disaster-affected" people as well asthose "living in starvation".

In case of children in the age group of six months tosix years, appropriate meal would be provided free

of cost to meet nutritional standards. As part of women empowerment, the bill says

women would be head of the household for thepurpose of issue of ration cards.

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Management Issues in NFS Bill

2. Why is it always the Below the poverty issueand under- privileged issue.

The differentiation of under-privileged with APLcauses unrest and does not serve the sole purposeof food security to all.

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5

Family member Monthly

requirement of

cereals (kg.)

Monthly

requirement of

pulses (kg.)

Monthly

requirement

of oils

(grams)

Man doingmoderate work 14.4 2.7 1050

Woman doing

moderate work.

10.8 2.25 900

1-6 year old child 5 1.1 675

7 to 12 year old

child

9 1.8 750

Elderly person /

third child

9 1.8 675

Total 48.2 9.65 4050

Total monthly requirements for a five

member family ICMR norms

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Management Issues in NFS Bill

Govt is providing only food grains and no oil orpulses

The government also holds with it the right tochange the prices and quantities at any point oftime.

Priority group General group

FoodEntitlement

Seven Kg. of food grains (rice,wheat or nutritional cereals) perperson/month

Three Kg. of food grain/person/month

Price Not exceeding 3/2/1/ per Kg. Not exceeding 50 % ofMSP.

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Management Issues in NFS Bill

3. Production, storage and distribution

The government has failed to analyse the growing

demand of food grains and consumption rate. The production of food such high quantity food

without proper storage and distribution networkin place, this Act is complete waste of resources.

The NFS bill says that the Centre and State should strive to re-vitalise the

agriculture in their states and

incentivise the decentralized procurement

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4. The protection for food for infants and pregnantwoman and lactating mothers

The food being given to them is for Rs 1000 permonth which is being provided everyday for 6months.

The inflation amount has not been consideredaccurately.

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Management Issues in NFS Bill

5. After the Act is enforced, no person can revertback to the subsidies supplied by the State

Government for the period of 10 years.

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Recommendations

1. Proper plan for production, storage anddistribution must be done in order to make it

more effective.1. Local production, storage and distribution must

be done by the State Government, instead oftaking the stock from the Centre.

2. Procurement from nearby states could be donein case of shortage in supply.

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Recommendations

4. Instead of playing politics by restricting thepeople to buy only subsidies by the Central

Government and not the State, the option muststay open for beneficiaries to decide when toleave the subsidy provided by the Centre.

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Conclusion Food Security Act is trying to cover more people

of the country, however, it looks more like taking

control of the entire subsidy for leveraging theimage of the Central Govt.

The entire Act speaks about centralising theentire Food Security but then speaks about

giving incentives to the State Govt fordecentralising the distribution.

We wonder, when interest of the people will befirst priority for the Government.

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References

1. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Food_security

2. http://www.ryerson.ca/foodsecurity/

3. http://nac.nic.in/foodsecurity/nfsb_final.pdf

4. http://articles.economictimes.indiatimes.com/2011-12-23/news/30550903_1_food-subsidy-

national-food-security-bill-grain5. http://wcd.nic.in/research/nti1947/6.%20Cons

umption%20expenditure.pdf

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