This document discusses the tradeoffs between universal and targeted social welfare policies, specifically regarding food security policies. It notes that targeting aims to only support defined vulnerable groups but can result in exclusion errors, while universal policies aim to support all sections of society but may result in inclusion errors. The document outlines various constraints on policymaking like budgetary limits, and explores considerations around targeting like identification costs, type I and type II errors, and leakage. Overall it analyzes the scope and limits of targeting for food subsidy and other food security policies.