Food Security In India Test - 6

Issue price means the price lower than the market price.

The National Food for Work Programme was launched by minister of rural development,central government on 14 November 2004 in 150 of the most backward districts of India with the objective of generating supplementary wage employment.

The rising minimum support prices have increased the cost of agricultural production. Minimum support prices are the prices which are set by the government for farmers' foodgrains production.

The most devastating famine that occurred in India was the famine of Bengal in 1943, which took away many lives. There was a threat of famine, but after 1902 there was no major famine in India until the Bengal famine of 1943. This famine was the most devastating; between 2.5 and 3 million people died during World War II. The famine resulted in two-three million deaths. The 1943 Bengal famine, which is estimated to have caused over three million deaths, resulted not from a drought as is widely thought but from the British government's policy failures, option ‘a’ is correct answer.

The Food Corporation of India was setup under the Food Corporation Act 1964, in order to fulfil the following objectives of the Food Policy : 

1. Effective price support operations for safeguarding the interests of the farmers. 

2. Distribution of food grains throughout the country for the public distribution system. 

The Food Corporation of India is an organization created and run by the Government of India. It is a statutory body under the Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution, Government of India. Its top official is designated as Chairman. It was set up in 1965 with its Initial headquarters at Chennai.

 hence, option ‘a’ is correct answer.

India is the largest producer of milk followed by the United States of America, China, Pakistan, Brazil Anand is known as Milk Capital of India. It became famous for Amul dairy and its milk revolution. Germany is the highest milk exporting country in the world. Although full-cream milk is proven to be more beneficial than skimmed milk, if you are on a diet or under certain medical supervision, then excess drinking of milk can be a matter of concern. Lactose helps in the absorption of calcium in the bones and is also considered as a vital carbohydrate of milk. India is the world's largest milk producer, with 22 per cent of global production, followed by the United States of America, China, Pakistan and Brazil.

Hence, option ‘b’ is correct answer.

Public distribution system is a government-sponsored chain of shops entrusted with the work of distributing basic food and non-food commodities to the needy sections of the society at very cheap prices. The Central and State Governments share responsibilities in order to provide food grains to the identified beneficiaries. The centre procures food grains from farmers at a minimum support price (MSP) and sells it to states at central issue prices The basic objective of the public distribution system in India is to provide essential consumer goods at cheap and subsidised prices to the consumers so as to insulate them from the impact of rising prices of these commodities and maintain the minimum nutritional status of our population.

Hence, d is correct answer.

Government took the measure for food security by introducing Public Distribution System. The function is making available foodgrains to the poor at highly subsidised rates.

The methods to bring about a Green Revolution was first introduced in 1963 by Dr. Norman Borlaug, an American agro-scientist. The methods adopted included the use of high yielding variety (HYV) seeds that resulted in higher production of foodgrains.