What does food security mean ? …

1. The government provided subsidies to farmers on fertilisers and electricity. However, it led to the use of a large amount of fertilisers and water which resulted in the depletion of essential minerals in the soil and water logging.

2. Due to the minimum support price at which the government purchases food grains and subsidises them, wheat and rice are being grown more by some states. This has disturbed the cropping pattern.

3. Sometimes, people below the poverty line (BPL) have been excluded from the categories, while people above the poverty line (APL) are included in the category even when one of their crops fails.

4. Absence of agricultural infrastructure and linking of the failure to use the latest techniques such as linking credit directly to the bank account of farmers have hampered the food security policy of the government.