Food Inflation: A Threat to Food Security in India

Abstract

Food security of a nation is ensured if all of its citizens have access of food and also have the capacity to buy it according to requirement. For ensuring food security, growth in agriculture and allied sector is indispensable. An effective system of food grain management is also crucial for enhancing the food security in India. Recent price rise and high inflation are primarily caused by food grain mismanagement in the country. Though a slew of problems contribute to rise of prices and inflation, government policy and mismanagement of food grains appear to be prime reason in current scenario. In such a context, the paper offers an analysis of trends in agriculture, food grain management and food security in India. This paper is an attempt to evaluate the position of food availability and access to the people. The main area of stress is on food management and price situation of food grain. As food grain management explains the availability and food grain price and its movement explains the picture of accessibility. This study is basically an exploratory research design based on secondary data.