Food Security, Nutrition, and Delivery Challenges
This chapter is devoted to the analysis of various aspects related to food security, nutrition, and delivery challenges. A critical analysis of India’s food security system is made in the light of present-day problems. Article 47 of the Constitution of India states, “The State shall regard raising the level of nutrition and standard of living of its people and improvement in public health among its primary duties.”1 The government in its development programs enunciated the policies, laid down multipronged strategies, outlined multisectoral programs to improve food security and nutritional status of the population, laid down the goals to be achieved in a specified time frame, and provided ...
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