Food For All - Inputs on Root Causes
Dear Friends,
Below are some of the Key Issues highlighted by you that prevent the availability of Food for All.
Please review and help identify Root Causes for these Issues.
Once we know the Root Causes, we will identify Solutions and submit our Citizens Whitepaper to the associated Ministries for actions.
I look forward to your participation!
Rajendra Pratap Gupta
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Food For All – Key Issues
1. A lot of food is wasted in marriages and festivals
2. People from below poverty line do not get enough food to eat
3. Even if the food is available, it is too costly for them to purchase
4. Food products are getting costlier by the day
5. Production is enough but the distribution channels are very inefficient
6. Public Distribution System for food is outdated
7. Distribution of food among the masses is unequal
8. Quality of food supplied by the public distribution system is bad
9. Pulses and grains are sold in black market before it reaches PDS shops
10. Essential food items that nourish the poor are increasingly going out of their reach
11. Middle class is burdened with highly priced packaged food
12. Food grains rot in FCI storage yards and are eaten by rodents
13. Hoarders hide food in the storage yards
14. Food adulteration is rampant more
Below are some of the Key Issues highlighted by you that prevent the availability of Food for All.
Please review and help identify Root Causes for these Issues.
Once we know the Root Causes, we will identify Solutions and submit our Citizens Whitepaper to the associated Ministries for actions.
I look forward to your participation!
Rajendra Pratap Gupta
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Food For All – Key Issues
1. A lot of food is wasted in marriages and festivals
2. People from below poverty line do not get enough food to eat
3. Even if the food is available, it is too costly for them to purchase
4. Food products are getting costlier by the day
5. Production is enough but the distribution channels are very inefficient
6. Public Distribution System for food is outdated
7. Distribution of food among the masses is unequal
8. Quality of food supplied by the public distribution system is bad
9. Pulses and grains are sold in black market before it reaches PDS shops
10. Essential food items that nourish the poor are increasingly going out of their reach
11. Middle class is burdened with highly priced packaged food
12. Food grains rot in FCI storage yards and are eaten by rodents
13. Hoarders hide food in the storage yards
14. Food adulteration is rampant more
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As we have to behave like Germany , there are decipline , you have to take only as your needs. more
Jan 03
dear sir, Food shortage is a direct indicator of mismatch between supply and demand and also lack of purchasing power with poor people. For a country like India with so many mouths to feed, we need to find revolutionary means do increased food production using our limited land/natural resources. I believe the per acre yield in India Is one of the lowest in the world. Second reason that aggravates this problem is extremely poor infrastructure (roads) which raises the distribution costs significantly, not to mention perishable nature of food products. Even imports won't help if we don't have roads to transport the produce. Lack of good roads also limits the ability of farmers to reach out to a larger market and producers to procure the best quality at lowest cost. Thirdly, agriculture sector in India is the biggest repositer of disguised unemployement where young people are generating neglible value. This generates demand side issues related to poor purchasing power. Fourthly, poor policy making has resulted in lack of large scale industrial food production and segmented land holdings. Thanks Harjeet more
Jan 03
Rice which used to cost Rs.30/40 has now sky rocketed to Rs.60/70. Turdal costs Rs.90 to Rs.100. I am a vegetarian but with these extreme costs one has to think twice to buy any items. The PDS has stopped for white card holders and one has to buy from the outside market which prices the items at higher costs. In short, the middle class is suffering a lot. I hope to see some important changes on this. more
Jan 03
Wastage of food in hotels may be avoided /reduced by simple monitoring methods and can be utilised for those who really need it ! more
Jan 03
PDS scheme is the best way, however, irrational and corruption in PDS system must be stoped by 6th monthly survey and auditing. Maheshjani shivshiva.webs.com(thewholeuniverse in google.com in the same search) more
Dec 27
