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A Critical Timeline Analysis of Indiaâ€™s Quest for Food Security

Year	2012
Volume/Issue/Review Month	Vol. - V \| Issue II \| July
Title	A Critical Timeline Analysis of Indiaâ€™s Quest for Food Security
Authors	Moitreyi Mohanty
Broad area	A Critical Timeline Analysis of Indiaâ€™s Quest for Food Security
Abstract	In the first two decades after independence large quantities of food grains were imported to meet shortfall in domestic production. The extent of food vulnerability came to sharp focus during the severe drought of 1965 and 1966 since then spurred by agricultural innovation and generous farm subsidies, India now grows so much food that it has a bigger grain stockpile than any country except China In this paper we revisit the success story of food self sufficiency in India by examining the economic strategy adopted by us. We travel through time from the Green Revolution which greatly augmented production- to effective procurement, distribution and sophisticated storage system to finally arrive at the enactment of the National Food Security Bill in our quest for a hunger free India.
Description	Violent hunger, starvation and death resulting in catastrophe, tragedy and disaster; often called â€˜Famineâ€™ has been recorded in various early civilizations, the earliest such evidence being in Egypt during 1199 BC and 1064 BC1. The origin of the word
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