CLASS 9 · NCERT GEOGRAPHY · CH 4: FOOD SECURITY IN INDIA (NCERT CLASS 9 — ECONOMICS)
Food Security in India 🌾
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Key locations covered (12)
- Food Security Definition
- Food Corporation of India (FCI)
- Minimum Support Price (MSP)
- Buffer Stock and Norms
- Public Distribution System (PDS)
- Antyodaya Anna Yojana (AAY)
- PMGKAY
- Amul Cooperative
- Green Revolution Wheat Belt
- Rice Bowl of India
- Famines and Food Security History
- Issue Price and Subsidy
Sample questions (12 of 62)
Food security has three dimensions:
Availability, Accessibility, Affordability
Food security exists when all people, at all times, have...
Physical, social and economic access to sufficient, safe and nutritious food
Components of buffer stock.
Strategic reserve + Operational stock
Cooperatives in food security ensure?
Direct producer-consumer link + reduced costs
World Food Day is observed on?
16 October (FAO foundation day, 1945)
Food Security and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) was established in?
2008 (operationalised 2011)
National Mission for Edible Oil-Palm (NMEO-OP) was launched in?
2021
FCI was established in which year?
1965
FCI is the nodal agency for...
Procurement, storage and distribution of food grains
FCI was set up under which Act?
Food Corporations Act, 1964
Headquarters of FCI.
New Delhi
Food Coupons + Smart Cards aim to address?
PDS leakages
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About this topic
This topic is part of the NCERT Class 9 Geography syllabus, drawn from the chapter Ch 4: Food Security in India (NCERT Class 9 — Economics). Content is cross-referenced against the latest NCERT textbook editions + standard reference works (Bipan Chandra, R.S. Sharma, Romila Thapar, Satish Chandra for history; G.C. Leong, Savindra Singh for geography; the UPSC Civil Services prelims + mains syllabus).
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