Food Security In India Test - 11

The Green Revolution in India was a period when agriculture in India increased its yields due to improved agronomic technology. Green Revolution started in India in the early 1960s and led to an increase in foodgrain production, especially in Punjab, Haryana and Uttar Pradesh during the early phase.

A new study based on a survey of the height and weight of more than one lakh children across six States has found that as many as 42 per cent of under-fives are severely or moderately underweight and that 59 per cent of them suffer from moderate to severe stunting, meaning their height is much lower than the median height-for-age of the reference population.

The Global Hunger Index (GHI) is a multidimensional statistical tool used to describe the state of countries' hunger situation. The GHI measures progress and failures in the global fight against hunger. The GHI is updated once a year.

Indra Gandhi, the then Prime Minister of India, officially recorded the impressive strides of the Green revolution in agriculture by releasing a special stamp entitled 'Wheat Revolution' in July 1968.

Dadabhai Naoraji was the first person in India to use the poverty line to identify the poor people.

According to the National Sample Survey Organization estimates, in 2011-12 21.8 percent people in India were poor.

The minimum support price (MSP) is announced by the Government of India at the beginning of the sowing season. 

• Academy of Development Science has facilitated a network of NGOs for setting up grain banks in different regions.
• ADS organises training and capacity building programmes on food security for NGOs. Grain Bank are now slowly taking shape in different parts of Maharashtra.
• ADS efforts to set up the 'Grain Bank', is paying rich dividends.
• The ADS Grain Bank programme is acknowledged as a successful and innovative food security intervention.

The crop area under high yielding varieties of wheat and rice grew considerably during the  Green Revolution.

Integrated Child Development Services (ICDS)  is a government welfare programme which provides food, preschool education, and primary healthcare to children under 6 years of age and their mothers. In addition to fighting malnutrition and ill health, the programme also intends to combat gender inequality.