Volume : VII, Issue : III, March - 2018

Law Relating to Food Security in India: From Welfare to Right based approach

Dr. Ashutosh Bairagi

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Hunger is global problem and it is more serious in developing countries like India. Though India is an agricultural country yet, its citizen’s face lack of accessibility to the basic need of human body i.e. food. Performance of India revealed by Global Hunger Index (GHI) is not satisfactory. The Indian Constitution provides for right to food as a constitutional right. The Constitution of India does not recognize the right to food as a fundamental right but the judiciary at times has interpreted the right to food under the ambit of Article 21. The government came forward with the National Food Security Act, 2013 to cop up with this problem. NFSA is a unique step taken by Indian government to fight against hunger and protect right of the people for food. This paper highlights legal efforts to eradicate food problem in India and the various aspects of NFSA.

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Dr. Ashutosh Bairagi, Law Relating to Food Security in India: From Welfare to Right based approach, INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH : Volume-7 | Issue-3 | March-2018

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