Food security Bill in India
Will it make the dream of a hunger free India into a reality?
Presented by:
Aswin Vijayan
Hari Sankar
Nipu G Kurup
Syamlal Sasi
AGENDA
• Definition of Food security
• Time line of NFSB
• Key features of NFSB
• Pros & Cons of NFSB
• PDS
• NFSB a feasible option for India in the long-run
WHAT IS FOOD SECURITY?
THE 1996 WORLD FOOD SUMMIT
THE NATIONAL FOOD SECURITY
BILL, 2013
Definition - “Food security, at the
Definition - “to provide for food and
individual, household, national,
nutritional security in human life
regional and global levels [is
cycle approach, by ensuring
achieved] when all people, at all
access to adequate quantity of
times, have physical and economic
quality food at affordable prices to
access to sufficient, safe and
people to live a life with dignity”.
nutritious food to meet their dietary needs and food preferences for an active and healthy life”.
Components - Availability, Access,
Components - Availability, Access,
and Absorption (nutrition)
and Affordability
Need for NFSB
• The second National Family Health Survey (1998-99) provides ample evidence of the problem.
• 47 per cent of all Indian children are undernourished,
• 52 per cent of all adult women are anaemic, and
• 36 per cent have a body mass index (BMI) below the cut-off of 18.5 commonly associated with chronic energy deficiency
• The food security bill promises to alleviate hunger and guarantee very cheap food to the citizens of India.
Timeline of NFSB
2001: : In a public interest litigation initiated by the People’s Union for Civil
Liberties (Rajasthan) in April 2001 Supreme Court in the interim order of
November 28, 2001, directed all state governments to introduce cooked midday meals in primary schools.
2011: Food Security Bill cleared by Cabinet
January, 2013: NFSB cleared by a parliamentary committee
2009: NAC started drafting
National Food Security Act
August, 2013:
Presented by:
Aswin Vijayan
Hari Sankar
Nipu G Kurup
Syamlal Sasi
AGENDA
• Definition of Food security
• Time line of NFSB
• Key features of NFSB
• Pros & Cons of NFSB
• PDS
• NFSB a feasible option for India in the long-run
WHAT IS FOOD SECURITY?
THE 1996 WORLD FOOD SUMMIT
THE NATIONAL FOOD SECURITY
BILL, 2013
Definition - “Food security, at the
Definition - “to provide for food and
individual, household, national,
nutritional security in human life
regional and global levels [is
cycle approach, by ensuring
achieved] when all people, at all
access to adequate quantity of
times, have physical and economic
quality food at affordable prices to
access to sufficient, safe and
people to live a life with dignity”.
nutritious food to meet their dietary needs and food preferences for an active and healthy life”.
Components - Availability, Access,
Components - Availability, Access,
and Absorption (nutrition)
and Affordability
Need for NFSB
• The second National Family Health Survey (1998-99) provides ample evidence of the problem.
• 47 per cent of all Indian children are undernourished,
• 52 per cent of all adult women are anaemic, and
• 36 per cent have a body mass index (BMI) below the cut-off of 18.5 commonly associated with chronic energy deficiency
• The food security bill promises to alleviate hunger and guarantee very cheap food to the citizens of India.
Timeline of NFSB
2001: : In a public interest litigation initiated by the People’s Union for Civil
Liberties (Rajasthan) in April 2001 Supreme Court in the interim order of
November 28, 2001, directed all state governments to introduce cooked midday meals in primary schools.
2011: Food Security Bill cleared by Cabinet
January, 2013: NFSB cleared by a parliamentary committee
2009: NAC started drafting
National Food Security Act
August, 2013: