Food Security
Frameworks and Vulnerabilities
Food security, as defined by the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) at the 1996 World Food Summit, exists when all people at all times have physical, social, and economic access to sufficient, safe, and nutritious food. It rests on four pillars: Availability, Access, Utilisation, and Stability.
- The National Food Security Act (NFSA), 2013 covers approximately 67% of India's population with subsidised foodgrains under the Targeted Public Distribution System (TPDS).
- India's buffer stock norms for rice and wheat are maintained by the Food Corporation of India (FCI) as a strategic reserve against production shocks.
- The minimum support price (MSP) mechanism — announced by the Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs (CCEA) — is intended to protect farmers against price crashes; however, it does not directly address supply shortfalls from weather events.
- Global food price spikes disproportionately affect net food-importing developing countries and poor households that spend the largest income share on food (Engel's Law).
● Tracked since April 10, 2026 · last seen July 01, 2026 · updates as the daily brief publishes
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