Our government has done much more to provide food security to the poor by launching various schemes such as buffer stock, PDS, Antyodaya Anna Yojana and Annapurna Scheme.
Following are the three schemes launched by the government to provide food security to the poor:
(i) Public Distribution System (PDS): The food procured by the FCI is distributed through government regulated ration shops among the poorer section of the society which is known as PDS. This scheme was launched in 1992.
(ii) Antyodaya Anna Yojana: This scheme was launched in December 2000 for the poorest of the poor by providing them foodgrains up to 35 kg at lowest rates, wheat Rs. 2 per kg and rice at Rs. 3 per kg. The scheme has been further expanded twice by additional 50 lakh BPL families in June 2003 and in August 2004.
(iii) Integrated Child Development Services (ICDS) to provide **** up to 6 years of age supplementary nutrition, immunisation, health check-up, referral services’, pre-school non-formal education as well as nutrition and health education for their mothers.
