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A Role Of Farmwomen With Special Reference To Food Security In Ottapidaram Block Of Thoothukudi District
Subject area: Arts, Social Sciences and Humanities · Area of research: ECONOMICS
Abstract
The Food security Problem in India is currently one of acquiescence, as a sizable share of the population lacks economic and physical access to sufficient food. Poverty in India is falling but concerns over Food Security are increasing with a networks of more than 4.62 lakh fair price shops, public Distribution System (PDS) is perhaps the largest distribution machinery of its type in the world through which government of India ensure, food security at the micro ? level. Each year PDS is said to distribute commodities worth more than Rs.30,000 crore to about 160 million families. However the doubts have been raised about the efficacy and cost effectiveness of the PDS, especially in the light of the growing food
Keywords
Nutrious food, PDS, food security, food supply
References
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How to cite this paper
@article{1700074,
author = {F.REKHA MORAIS },
title = {A Role Of Farmwomen With Special Reference To Food Security In Ottapidaram Block Of Thoothukudi District},
journal = {Iconic Research And Engineering Journals},
year = {2017},
volume = {1},
number = {4},
pages = {60-63},
issn = {2456-8880},
url = {https://www.irejournals.com/formatedpaper/1700074.pdf},
abstract = {The Food security Problem in India is currently one of acquiescence, as a sizable share of the population lacks economic and physical access to sufficient food. Poverty in India is falling but concerns over Food Security are increasing with a networks of more than 4.62 lakh fair price shops, public Distribution System (PDS) is perhaps the largest distribution machinery of its type in the world through which government of India ensure, food security at the micro ? level. Each year PDS is said to distribute commodities worth more than Rs.30,000 crore to about 160 million families. However the doubts have been raised about the efficacy and cost effectiveness of the PDS, especially in the light of the growing food},
keywords = {Nutrious food, PDS, food security, food supply},
month = {October},
}