Food Security in India: Class 9 Social Studies Q&A
12 free answers on Food Security in India (Social Studies) for Class 9 students, across CBSE, ICSE and State boards. Includes questions such as “Write a note on the role of cooperatives in providing food and related items.”, “What are the problems of the functioning of ration shops?”, “Write notes on:”.
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Write a note on the role of cooperatives in providing food and related items.
Along with the government, cooperatives also play an important role in ensuring food security in India, especially in the southern and western parts of the country. The cooperative societies set up shops to sell low-priced goods to the poor. Out of all fair-price shops running in Tamil Nadu, around 94 per cent are being run by cooperatives. Mother Dairy, in Delhi, is involved in providing milk and vegetables at controlled rates decided by the government. Amul, responsible for the Whit
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What are the problems of the functioning of ration shops?
Ration shops, also known as Fair Price Shops, keep stock of food grains, sugar, and kerosene for cooking. These items are sold to people at a price lower than the market price. However, there are problems with the functioning of the ration shops: The quality of food provided to poor people is less than the expected quality of food grains. The ration shop deals indulge in malpractices and do not provide the poor people with the
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Write notes on:
(a) Minimum support price – The Food Corporation of India purchases wheat and rice from the farmers in states where there is surplus production. The farmers are paid a pre-announced price for their crops. This price is called Minimum Support Price. Before the sowing season every year, the government announces the MSP, and the purchased food grains are stored in granaries. (b) Buffer stock – Buffer stock is the stock of food grains, mainly
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Why buffer stock is created by the government?
A buffer stock of food grains is created by the government so that it can be distributed in the food deficit areas and among the poorer strata of society at a price much lower than the market price. A buffer stock also helps to resolve the problem of food shortage during adverse weather conditions, disasters or calamities. Thus, maintaining buffer stock is a step taken by the government in order to ensure food security.
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What has our government done to provide food security to the poor? Discuss any two schemes launched by the government?
The government has launched various schemes for the welfare of the people and to provide food security to the poor. Two such schemes are Antyodaya Anna Yojana (AAY) and Annapurna Scheme (APS). Antyodaya Anna Yojana (AAY) – Launched in the year 2000, under this scheme, one crore of the poorest among the below-poverty-line families covered under the targeted public distribution system were identified, and 25 kg of food grains were provided to each eligible
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Differentiate between seasonal hunger and chronic hunger?
Hunger is one of the most important aspects indicating food security. Hunger results in poverty, and there are two dimensions of hunger – one is seasonal hunger and the other is chronic hunger. The type of hunger that exists when a person is unable to get work for the entire year is called seasonal hunger. Seasonal hunger is related to cycles of food growing and harvesting. This is prevalent in rural areas because of the seasonal nature of agricultural a
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What happens to the supply of food when there is a disaster or calamity?
When there is a disaster or calamity, the production and cultivation of food grains are highly affected. The production decreases, and this causes a shortage of food grains and, ultimately the hiked prices of food grains. The region affected by calamity might also turn into a food-insecure state if the calamity lasts for a longer period of time.
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A section of people in India are still without food. Explain?
A section of people in India is still without food despite a large increase in the food grain production in the country. This is because of the increased price of commodities and people not being able to afford food to feed themselves and their families. Unemployment can also be a cause of this chronic hunger that poor people suffer in rural areas.
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Do you believe that green revolution has made India self-sufficient in food grains? How?
Post-independence, India adopted a new strategy in the agricultural field which led to the Green Revolution, especially for the production of wheat and rice. Ever since, India has avoided famine even in adverse weather conditions, and varieties of crops have been grown all across the country. This availability of food grains, even in adverse conditions at the country level, ensured the Government had a proper food security system. Hence, it can be said that the green revolution has ma
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Which are the people more prone to food insecurity?
The people living below the poverty line might be food insecure all the time, while better-off people might also turn food insecure due to calamity or disaster. The social composition, along with the inability to buy food, also plays a role in food insecurity. The SCs, STs, and some sections of the OBCs (lower castes among them) who have either poor land-based or very low land productivity are prone to food insecurity. Other than these sections, people hit by a natural disaster are al
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Which states are more food insecure in India?
Eastern and south-eastern parts of Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Jharkhand, Orissa, West Bengal, Chhattisgarh, parts of Madhya Pradesh and Maharashtra are the largest food-insecure states in India.
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How is food security ensured in India?
To ensure the availability of food to all sections of society, the Indian government carefully designed a food security system, which is composed of two components: (a) buffer stock and (b) public distribution system. Food security is ensured in India in the following ways: Availability of Food – food produced in the country and the previous years’ stocks saved by the Government Accessibility of Food – food r