State Response And Policy Initiatives Towards Food Security

Abstract

Food security has been a key developmental objective in India since independence. The genesis of the problem of food security in India can be traced back to the British Raj period, when they only focused on the production of cash crops rather than the food crops. But after independence India immediately address the problem of extreme food shortage by importing wheat and other food items from U.S.A. India encouraged more and more farmers to shift from cash crops to food crops. But the greatest triumph of India over food shortage was the Green Revolution which put emphasis on modern techniques and tools to maximize the food production