Public Distribution System as a tool of Food Security in India: Review

Abstract

Food security at the level of each individual child, woman and man is the first requirement for a healthy and productive life. This paper examines vision of food security in developing country like India where corruption is prominent in every sphere of public life can’t be fulfilled without the transparent and effective Public Distribution System (PDS) which is a programme of food security that provides a minimum amount of cereals at subsidized prices. Food security is an issue that encompasses social equity and environmental concerns.  Rising food costs and declining access to healthy food reflect the beginning of drastic impact on the food chain brought by climate change and the changing shape of our cities and towns, local governments to ensure that land use planning decisions, and decisions about shopping, transport and other local amenities, do not affect our ability to access healthy food and to make healthy food choices on a lifelong basis without resorting to community services or emergency foods. This research explore to provide an in-depth analysis of a situation and to relate this to current and future needs there is no single measure of food security status. Socioeconomic and demographic factors, including household size, homeownership, educational attainment, savings rates, and access to credit and health insurance, have been shown to be other important determinants of food security, independent of household income.