CBSE Class 9 Economics Food Security in India Worksheet Set 02

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Very Short Answer 
 
Question.  Where is the academy of development science located?
Answer :  The academy of development science located in Maharashtra. 
 
Question.  What are the fair price shops?
Answer : The ration shops are called fair price shops because food grains are supplied to the poor through these shops at much reasonable and a fair price than the market price.
 
Question. What are the three kinds of ration cards?
Answer : The three kinds of ration cards are: Antyodaya cards, BPL cards and APL cards.
 
Question.  Who was the prime minister of India during the Green revolution?
Answer : Indira Ghandi was the prime minister of India during the Green revolution.
 
Question.  Who is responsible for buffer stock in India?
Answer : Food corporation of India responsible for buffer stock in India.  
 
Short Answer 
 
Question.   Who were worst affected by the famine of Bengal in 1943?
Answer : Worst affected by the famine of Bengal in 1943 are the agricultural labourers, fisherman, transport workers and other casual labourers were affected the most by dramatically increasing price of rice. They were the ones who died in this famine. 
 
Question.   What is the problem of malnutrition among women?
Answer : The problem of malnutrition among women a high incidence of malnutrition prevails among women. It is a matter of serious concern as it puts even the unborn baby and the risk of malnutrition because a large proportion of pregnant and nursing mothers and children under the age of five years constitutes and important segment of the food insecure population.
 
Question.   What do you understand by minimum support prices?
Answer :  Minimum support price is the price at which government purchases crops from the farmers whatever may be the price for the crops. Minimum support price is an important part of India's agricultural price policy. The MSP helps to incentivize the framers and thus ensures adequate food grains production in the country.
 
Question.   What do you mean by the subsidy?
Answer :  Subsidy is a payment that a government makes to a producer to supplement the market price of a commodity. Subsidies can keep consumer prices low while maintaining a higher income for domestic producers.
 
Question.  What was the national food security act of 2013?
Answer : The national food security act of 2013 this act provides for food and nutritional security life at affordable prices and enables people to live a life with the dignity under act 75% of the rural population and 50 % of the urban population have been categorised as eligible  households for food security.  
 
Question. How is food security secured in India?
Answer : Measures of food security in India:
1. Buffer stock: It is created to distribute food-grains in deficit area among the poor section of the society at low prices. It helps in solving the issues of scarcity of food to an extent during adverse weather and other calamities. This stock is refreshed every year by buying the grains from the farmers.
2. Public Distribution System: It was introduced for the distribution of food stored in buffer stock among the poor. Fair shops have been opened which are known as government regulated ration shops. Now ration shops are present in most localities, villages, towns and cities. These ration shops keep stock of food grains, sugar, kerosene oil for cooking, and these items are sold at a price lower than the market price.
3. Other Programmes: Integrated Child Development Services, Food for work, Mid-day meals etc. have been launched for ensuring food security. In Maharashtra, Academy of Development Science has facilitated a network of NGOs for setting up grain banks in different regions. Grain banks are now slowly taking shape in different parts of Maharashtra. This ADS Grain Bank programme is acknowledged as a successful and innovative food security intervention.
 
Question. Which states are more food insecure in India?
Answer : Uttar Pradesh, Bihar Jharkhand, Orissa, West Bengal, Chhattisgarh, and Maharashtra are the few states which are more food insecure in India. A large section of people suffer from food and nutrition insecurity in India, the worst affected groups are landless people with little or no land to depend upon, traditional artisans, providers of traditional services, petty self-employed workers and destitute including beggars. The above mentioned states have the largest number of people from these economic and vocational categories and thus are the most food insecure.
 
Question. A section of people in India is still without food. Explain.
Answer : A section of people in India is still without food and the main cause of this is that many poor families don’t have enough money to buy required food items for self and their families. Food items are generally available in the market but as the incomes of the poor are very less, thus they are not able to buy those grains at the market rates.
Many a times, the families have insufficient resources to even buy necessary food items and thus the idea of buying nutritious food is a heresy.
 
 
Question. Differentiate between seasonal hunger and chronic hunger.
Answer : Difference between seasonal hunger and chronic hunger
Base of difference Seasonal hunger Chronic hunger
1. Cause It is caused due to cycles of food growing and harvesting. It is caused due to persistently
inadequate diet in terms of quantity
and quality.
 
2. Why people suffer
 		 When people are unable to
find the job then they suffer
from seasonal hunger.
 
People suffer from chronic hunger
due to irregular income and low paid
wages.
 
Question. Why is buffer stock created by the government?
Answer : Buffer stock is the stock of grains that is stored by the government in the granaries of Food Corporation of India. This stocking is done by buying grains directly from the farmers and even from the market in case of any emergencies. The stock is used for distribution of grains to the poor at subsidized rates through the public distribution system. This grain is also used in case of any calamities like flood, drought, war etc.
 
Question. What are the problems of the functioning of the ration shops?
Answer : Problems of the functioning of the Ration Shops:
1. Poor quality of items because of some malpractices and incompetency shown at the time of procurement.
2. To get better margin the shop owners divert the subsidized grain to open market which renders the supply highly irregular.
3. Cheating the illiterate customers by measuring less using fraud weights and measures.
4. Three types of ration card distribution also cause some issues.
5. The opening schedule of the ration shops is highly irregular which causes issues.
6. There is very little interest showed by the families above poverty line because they don’t get much discount and the quality too is questionable.
 

Suggested Activity 


Q. 1. Visit your area's ration shop and get the following details:
1. When does the ration shop open?
2. What are the items sold at the ration shop?
3. Compare the prices of rice and sugar from the ration shop with the prices at any other grocery shop. (For families below poverty line)
4. Find out
(a) Do you have a ration card?
(b) What has your family recently bought with this card from the ration shop?
(c) Are there any problems that they face?
(d) Why are ration shops necessary?
Answer : 1. The ration shop opens at 10 a.m. but there is no daily crowd outside the shop. There is crowd usually on the days when the grain is being distributed to the PDS yellow card holders.
2. Wheat, rice, sugar, pulse at other eatables are sold at the ration shop. Kerosene oil is also sold at the shop because the poor usually don’t have gas-cylinders to cook food and rather prefer stoves which are available in the market at very low rate.
3. Comparison of the prices of rice and sugar from the ration shop and with the price at any other grocery shop (For families below poverty line)

4. (a) Yes, we have the ration card. We have PDS card issued for the families having income higher than the poverty line. We usually don’t use the card for the purchases because we can afford to buy from the markets and also buying from these shops is really cumbersome and time taking.
(b) Our family generally doesn’t buy anything from the ration shop because of several issues like quality of the commodities, cumbersome procedure, irregular supplies etc.
We have kept the card for the emergency situations and moreover as an identity proof.
(c) Yes, people face several problems at the ration shops; these include low quality of rationed articles, opening of ration shops irregularly, cheating by the shopkeepers in terms of weighing, low supply of necessary items etc. As the profits for the ration shop owners is less thus they usually not very enthusiastic towards their job and are involved in corrupt practices and improper management of the shop.
(d) Ration shops are necessary because it is usually very difficult for the poor to get nough food for self and the family owing to the rising prices of food items in the open market. These ration shops allow them to buy the food grains even in their limited financial resources. These ration shops assist the government in distributing the subsidies to the poor in a proper way.

 

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