Food for All - Inputs on Solutions
Below are the key issues and root causes related to ensuring availability of food for every Indian.
Kindly review them and help identify specific solutions the Government must implement to ensure everyone can afford/find food in Indian and no one sleeps hungry.
We look forward to your inputs!
Ensuring Food for all - Key Issues and Root Causes
1. Government is unable to control food inflation
2. Right to Food policy could not be implemented on grass root level
3. Lack of action against hoarders and black marketing
4. Corruption at all levels in the Public Distribution System
5. Poor checks on quality of food provided by PDS
6. Food grains are stored in FCI storages for years and thereby grains start rotting.
7. Poor storage facilities in FCI storages
8. No monitoring on food wastage in marriage & other functions
9. Subsidized canteens aren’t available in all states such as ‘Amma Canteen’ in Tamilnadu.
10. Corrupt nexus between politicians and FCI, PDS officials
11. Public is unaware about Government food policies
12. PDS shops sell food grains at a higher rate.
13. BPL card is misused; it doesn’t reach the needy ones. more