Food Corporation of India, a Government-owned corporation, procures and maintains the Public Distribution System (PDS). Major commodities distributed through PDS include staple foodgrains such as wheat, rice, sugar, and kerosene, through a network of fair price shops (also known as ration shops).

Rationaning was introduced in India in 1940s. In India Ration Cards are primarily used when purchasing subsidized foodstuffs and fuel.

The major benefits of the Green Revolution were experienced mainly in northern and northwestern India between 1965 and the early 1980s; the program resulted in a substantial increase in the production of food grains, mainly wheat and rice.

Landowners from England generally only rented out poor bogland to the native Irish. In these areas, potatoes were often the only food that could be grown. The crop failures were caused by late blight, a disease that destroys both the leaves and the edible roots, or tubers, of the potato plant. The causative agent of late blight is the water mould Phytophthora infestans. The Irish famine was the worst to occur in Europe in the 19th century. In fact, the most glaring cause of the famine was not a plant disease, but England's long-running political hegemony over Ireland. The English conquered Ireland, several times, and took ownership of the vast agricultural territory. The Irish suffered from many famines under English rule option ‘a’ is the correct answer.

Availability of food- It means food production within the country, food imports and the previous year's stock of granaries.

Antyodaya cards are the ration cards for the people below the poverty line. People who have no stable income, old men and women, labours, etc., are provided these cards under the Public Distribution System.

The special stamp entitled 'Wheat revolution' was released in July 1968 by Indira Gandhi.

Seasonal hunger is prevalent in rural areas because agriculture activities depend on natural factors. Seasonal hunger is related to cycles of food growing and harvesting.