CONTENTS 1 Introduction to Research 5 1.1 Brief Background 9 1.2 Rationale of the Study 10 1.3 Aim and Objectives 10 1.4 Methodology 10 2 Introduction to Food Security 12 2.1 Food Security: Concept& Definitions 12 2.2 Evolution of the concept 15 2.3 Pillars of Food Security 21 2.4 Macro and Micro Dimensions of Food Security 26 3 Global Approaches to Food Security 29 3.1 Food Insecurity in the World: 29 3.1.1 Income Transfer Programmes: Conditional Cash Transfers 31 3.1.2 Food for Work Programme: 40 3.1.3 Targeted Direct Feeding Programme: Supplementary Feeding Programme 44 4 Food Security in India 52 4.1 Food Security Issues in India 52 4.2 Food Schemes in India: 53 4.3 Public Distribution System (PDS) in India: 55 4.4 Evolution of PDS in India 57 4.5 Need for Food Security in India. 60 4.6 National Food Security Act, 2013 61 4.7 Financial Implications of, NFSA 2013 65 4.8 Issues in NFSA, 2013 66 4.9 Cash Transfer vs Food Subsidy: 69 5 Case of Chhattisgarh: Chhattisgarh State Food Security Act, 2012 72 5.1 Background to Chhattisgarh Food Security Act, 2012 72 5.2 Chhattisgarh State Food Security Act, 2012: 75 5.3 Institutional Setup: 80 5.4 Financial Implications of CSFSA, 2012: 80 5.5 Impact: 85 5.6 Conclusions: 86 6 References: 88 7 Annexures 92