The document discusses India's proposed National Food Security Bill of 2011. It aims to guarantee subsidized food grains to up to 75% of India's population. The key objectives are to reduce malnutrition, infant mortality, and insulate the poor from food price inflation. However, there are concerns about the large cost of implementation which could increase fiscal deficits and affect economic growth. There is also a need to balance economic concerns with the social ambition of ensuring food security for all citizens.

1. FOOD SECURITY BILL,2011

2.  POVERTY AND FAMINES-AN ESSAY ON
ENETITLEMENTS AND DEPRIVATION
 BASIC HUMAN NEEDS APPROACH
 CONSIDERS ENTITLEMENT AS A WAY TO
EMPOWERMENT
 CONSIDERS DEMOCRACY TO BE A CURE OF
ENTITLEMENT FAILURE
 SUGGESTS THAT FAMINES DON’T ALWAYS
OCCUR DUE TO FOOD SHORTAGE

3.  COINED BY JOHN WILLIAMSON
 BASED ON PERCOLATION EFFECT
 SUGGESTS FREE TRADE,OPEN MARKETS
AND DECONTROL OF PRICES AS MEANS
TO ERADICATING POVERTY
 FOCUSES ON AUTOMATION OF
AGRICULTURAL PROCESSES
 GAINED SUPPORT FROM BILL CLINTON
AND THUS WASHINGTON BASED
INSTITUTIONS LIKE IMF & WORLD BANK

4.  PROPOSED BY ROBERT MALTHUS
 SUGGESTS THAT ECONOMIES GO
THROUGH PHASES OF DEMOGRAPHIC
TRANSITION
 ASSERTS THAT FOOD PRODUCTION
INCREASES IN ARITHMETIC PROGRESSION
BUT POPULATION INCREASES IN
GEOMETRIC PROGRESSION
 RELIES ON ‘ECONOMIC NATURALISM’

5.  TARGET AUDIENCE OF PDS
 ASSYMETRY OF INFORMATION
 MISGOVERNANCE AND CORRUPTION
 SUPPLY CHAIN ISSUES
 POPULATION EXPLOSION
 INEFFICENT MARKET SYSTEM LEADING
TO DEVIATION FROM OPTIMAL
OUTCOMES

6.  FAMINE VERSUS FOOD SHORTAGE
 FAULTY SURVEYS
 STATIC IDENTITY DOCUMENTATION
 MYOPIA IN TREATING INCOME AS THE
ONLY INDEX OF ENTITLEMENT
 LIMITED REACH OF MEDIA
 DIGITAL DIVIDE

7.  FAULTY AND TIME CONSUMING BUREAUCRATIC
PROCESSES
 REACTIVE GOVERNANCE
 FABRICATED SOCIAL AUDITS
 NON REPORTING OF CASES OF CORRUPTION
 INEFFICIENT JUDICIARY SYSTEM
 RESTRICTED DEMOCRACY
 FOOD ADULTERATION

8.  LACK OF TECHNICAL KNOW-HOW
 ABSENCE OF COLD CHAINS AND COLD
STORAGES
 INEFFICENT NETWORK OF WAREHOUSES
 BAD TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS
 FAULTY FORECASTING MODELS
 SMALL SCALE OF OPERATIONS OF FARMERS

9.  PRICE DIFFERENTIAL BETWEEN DOMESTIC AND
GLOBAL MARKETS LEADING TO EXPORTS OF
FOOD CROPS
 ADVERS TERMS OF TRADE IN FOOD IMPORTS DUE
TO LOW BARGAINING POWER
 LOW INCOME ELASTICITY OF DEMAND DUE TO
ENGEL’S LAW
 ABSENCE OF MINIMUM SUPPORT PRICES FROM
CENTRAL AND STATE GOVERMENTS
 BULK PURCHASES BY BROKING HOUSES FOR
COMMODITY TRADING

10.  INCREASE IN AGGREGATE EFFECTIVE DEMAND
FROM APL HOUSEHLDS
 FRAGMENTATION OF LAND AND LAND CEILING
( C.HANUMANTHA RAO &ASHOK RUDRA)
 RURAL TO URBAN MIGRATION LEADING TO
HIGHER WAGES AND LOW PRODUCTION OF
FOOD CROPS ( KAUSHIK BASU & DEBRAJ ROY)
 DISGUISED UNEMPLOYMENT IN PRIMARY
SECTOR ( RAGNAR NURKSE & AMARTYA SEN)

11.  ASSUMPTIONS ABOUT GROWTH OF THE
ECONOMY
 DISTRIBUTION OF INCOME
 POSSIBILITY OF DEALING WITH
ENVIRONMENTAL CHALLENGES
 POLITICAL WILL AND LOGISTICAL CAPACITY
 GOVERNMENT EXPENDITURE ON RESEARCH &
DEVELOPMENT FOR TECHNOLOGICAL
PROGRESS)

12.  FOOD AVAILABILITY
 FOOD ACCESS
 FOOD STABILITY
 UTILIZATION
 TEMPORAL DIMENSIONS - CHRONIC &
TRANSITORY

13.  INCREASING DEMAND FOR BIO FUEL AND THE
COMPETITION BETWEEN FOD CROPS AND BIO
FUEL CROPS
 ENVIRONMENTAL CHALLENGES LIKE SOIL,AIR
AND WATER POLLUTION
 WORLD ECONOIMC CRISES LEADING TO
FLUCTUATIONS IN PURCHASING POWER OF
URBAN CONSUMERS AND HIKE IN RELARIVE
PRICES OF FOOD

14.  925 MILLION WERE UNDERNOURISHED IN
2010
 ROUGHLY 14 PERCENT OF WORLD’S
POPULATION CONSISTING OF 6.8 BILLION
PEOPLE
 2 BILLIO UNDERNOURISHED
 DEVELOPING ECONOIMES AT THE
RECEIVING END
 INDIA’S RANK IN TERMS OF HUMAN
DEVELOPMENT INDEX -124

15.  ELIMINATION OF CHILD MALNUTRITION IN
INDIA WOULD INCREASE NATIONAL INCOME BY
US $ 28 BILLION !
 THIS IS MORE THAN ITS COMBINED
EXPENDITURE ON NUTRITION,HEALTH AND
EDUCATION !!
 CAUSES 10.4 MILLION DEATHS ANNUALLY

16.  UNDERNOURISHMENT IS ASSESED USING
CALORIE SPECIFIC DATA AND QUANTITY OF
FOOD
 HIGHER CALORIES DO NOT NECESSARILY MEAN
HIGHER NUTRITION
 MALNOURISHMENT FOCUSES ON QUALITY OF
FOOD
 MALNOURISHMENT IS HARDER TO MEASURE
BECAUSE IT REQUIRES DATA ON PORTEIN AND
MICRONUTRIENTS

17.  LIVE STOCK DEPENDENT SOCIETIES
 SMALL - SCALE MIXED FARMERS
 CITY POPULATIONS
( FAO REPORT,2006)

18. SOCIETIES IN WHICH ATLEAST 90PERCENT
OF THE TOTAL VALUE OF FARM
PRODUCTION COMES FROM LIVESTOCK
AND MORE THAN 90 PERCENT OF DRY
MATTER FED TO ANIMALS COMES FROM
RANGELANDS , PASTURES AND ANNUAL
FORAGES

19.  CONTRIBUTES ONE THIRD OF GDP AND
APPROXIMATELY 21 PERCENT OF EXPORT
EARNINGS
 CONTRIBUTES BETWEEN 50 AND 95
PERCENT OF THE INCOME OF PASTURAL
FAMILIES ( AKLILU & CATLEY,2009)
 PROVIDES 80 PERCENT OF MILK PRODUCTS
FOR SELF CONSUMPTION

20.  PRODUCTIVITY FROM EXTENSIVE GRAZING
SYSTEMS LOW IN TERMS OF OUTPUT PER
ANIMAL AND PER UNIT OF LABOUR BUT
HIGH IN TERMS OF OUTPUT FROM LIMTED
RESOURCES( WATER & GRAIN)
 OCCURS IN FRAGILE & CHALLENGING
ECOLOGIES WHERE THERE ARE LIMITED
PROSPECTS OF DIVERSIFICATION

21. A MIXED FARM IS ONE WHERE MORE THAN
PERCENT OF THE DRY MATTER FED TO
LIVESTOCK COMES FROM CROP BY
PRODUCTS & MORE THAN 10 PERCENT OF
THE VALUE OF FARM PRODUCE COMES
FROM NON LIVESTOCK ACTIVITIES.
(SERE & STEINFELD,1996)

22.  FARMERS IN RURAL AREAS CREATE
SYNERGY BY USING CROP RESIDUES TO
FEED ANIMALS AND MANURE FROM
ANIMALS TO FERTILIZE CROPS
 DIFFERENT ENTERPRISES EXIST ON THE
SAME SMALL FARM PLOTS
 LOW INPUT,LOW OUTPUT SYSTEMS ARE
EFFECTIVE IN USING WASTE , BUT POOR
PRODUCERS OF FOOD OR INCOME

23.  RESOURCE SCARCITY
 LAND FRAGMENTATION
 DISEASE OUTBREAK & CONTROL LEADING TO
LOSS OF LIVESTOCK
 UNAVAILABILITY OF CHEAP DEBT CAPITAL
 LABOUR INTENSIVE TECHNIQUE OF
PRODUCTION

24.  50 PERCENT OF WORLD POPULATION
RESIDESIN URBAN AREAS (UNTPA,2007)
 75 PERCENT OF THE POPULATION LIVE IN
URBAN AREAS IN DEVELOPED COUNTRIES
 29 PERCENT OF POPULATION LIVE IN
URBAN AREAS IN DEVELOPING COUNTRIES
 PEOPLE LIVING IN URBAN AREAS ARE
PURELY CONSUMERS OF FOOD ,UNLIKE
THOSE IN RURAL AREAS WHO BOTH
PRODUCE AND CONSUME FOOD

25.  SUFFICIENT FOOD QUANTITY REQUIRES
EFFICIENT TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM
 FOOD DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM REQUIRES
INVESTMENT BY THE PUBLIC AND PRIVATE
SECTORS AS WELL AS LEGISLATIONS AND
REGULATIONS
 HEALTH & ENVIRONMENT SAFEGUARDS
REQUIRE PROTECTION OF AIR AND WATER
SUPPLY

26.  LIFE EXPECTANCY AT BIRTH
 ADULT LITERACY RATE (2/3 WEIGHT)
&
COMBINED PRIMARY ,SECONDARY &
TERTIARY EDUCATION ( 1/3)
 STANDARD OFLIVING AS INDICATED BY
NATURAL LOGARITHM OF PER CAPITA GDP
AT PURCHASING POWER PARITY

27.  NATIONAL AVERAGE -0.647
 WEST BENGAL -0.625
 ARUNACHAL PRADESH -0.617
 TRIPURA-0.608
 JAMMU & KASHMIR -0.601
 MEGAHLAYA-0.585
 ANDHRA PRADESH -0.572
 ASSAM-0.534
 CHATTISGARH-0.516
 JHARKHAND-0.513
 UTTAR PRADESH -0.490
 MADHYA PRADESH-0.488

28.  ORISSA-0.452
 BIHAR-0.449
( UNDP REPORT 2005)

29.  BIHAR
 JHARKHAND
 WEST BENGAL
 CHATTISGARH
 ORISSA
 ANDHRA PRADESH
( SPEECH DELIVERED BY HOME MINISTER ON
19.07.2010 IN LOK SABHA)

30.  ASSAM
 ARUNACHAL PRADESH
 MEGHALAYA
 TRIPURA
 NAGALAND
 JAMMU & KASHMIR

31.  COVERS ALL INDIA EXCEPT JAMMU & KASHMIR
 TARGETSPRIORITY HOUSEHOLDS, THE
POOREST 46 PERCENT IN RURAL AREAS & 26
PERCENT IN URBAN AREAS
 ANOTHER 29 PERCENT OF RURAL & 22
PERCENT OF URBAN POPULATION TO BE
TREATED AS GENERAL CATEGORIES
 GUARANTEES 7KGs OF GRAIN TO PRIORITY
HOUSEHOLDS & 3KGs TO GENERAL
HOUSEHOLDS

32.  FOOD GRAINS FREE OF COST TO STATES
INCLUDING COSTS OF STORAGE &
TRANSPORTATION
 ADMINSTRATIVE EXPENSES OF A MINIMUM
OF 6 PERCENT
 70 PERCENT OF ANY OTHER COSTS

33.  SHALL REDUCE MALNOURISHMENT &
UNDERNOURISHMENT
 SHALL REDUCE INFANT MORTALITY RATE
 PUSH INDIA TOWARDS THE MILLENIUM
DEVELOPMENT GOALS
 SHALL CUSHION THE POOR FROM FOOD
INFLATION
 PROVIDE MINIMUM SUPPORT PRICE TO
FARMERS AND HECE REDUCE FARMER
SUICIDES
 PROMOTE PREVENTIVE HEALTH CARE

34.  COUPLED WITH NREGA ,CREATE
CONSUMER MARKET IN RURAL AREAS
 INCREASE THE SPEED OF ECONOMIC
DEVELOPMENT AND THUS REDUCE “ WAR
AGAINST THE STATE”
 SAVE AN ESTIMATED US $ 28 MILLION AS
COSTS OF NUTRITION,HEALTH &
EDUCATION ANNUALLY

35.  A WHOOPING RS 3,00,000 CRORE RUPEES
REQUIRED
 CORPORATE INCOME TAXES & OTHER TAX
RATES WOULD HAVE TO BE INCREASED
 MAY REQUIRE EXTERNAL DEBT
BORROWING & INTERNAL BORROWING
FROM RBI AS WELL
 SHALL AFFECT INVESTOR SENTIMENT
DRASTICALLY DUE TO CROWDING OUT
EFFECT
 SHALL LEAD TO HIKE IN FISCAL DEFICIT &
FISCAL PROFLIGACY

36. “ WEALTH IS NOT WHAT WE ARE SEEKING”
(ARISTOTLE)
&
“ IF YOU ARE ONLY THNIKING OF ECONOMIC
GROWTH IGNORING LIFE IT SELF THEN IT
REFLECTS A POVERTY OF AMBITION”
( BARRACK HUSSAIN OBAMA)

37. ”THIS WAS SOME FOOD FOR THOUGHT.
NOW , YOU MAY HAVE YOUR FOOD.’’