For 2004-2005, Rs 2020 crore have been allocated for the program in addition to 20  Lakhs tones of food grains. 

FCI means Food Corporation of India. It is the official agency to purchase food grains from the peasants. 

1. PDS deals sells the grains to open market to get better margin,  

2. Selling poor quality grains at ration shops.  

3. It is common to find the ration shops regularly have unsold stocks of poor quality grains left 

1. There are some states which are economically backward states with high incidence of poverty.

2. These are the tribal and remote areas and regions more prone to natural disasters, etc.

3. In fact the states of UP, Bihar, Jharkhand , Odisha, West Bengal, Chhattisgarh, parts of Madhya Pradesh and Maharashtra account for the largest number of food insecure people in the country

1. ADS have facilitated a network of NGOs for setting up grains banks in different regions.

2. ADS organize training and capacity building programs on food security for NGOs.

3. Grain banks are now slowly taking shape in different parts of Maharashtra.

4. ADS efforts to set up Grain Banks; to facilitate replication through other NGOs and to influence the Government polices on food security are thus paying rich dividends. 

1. Availability: Availability of food means production within the country, food imports and previous year’s stock stored in the government granaries.

2. Affordability of Food: Affordability implies that an individual has enough money to buy sufficient, safe and nutritious food to meet one’s dietary need.

3. Accessibility of food: Accessibility means food is within reach of every person.

1. The most devastating famine that occurred in India was the famine of Bengal in 1943. 

2. This famine killed 30 lakhs people in the province of Bengal.

3. Nothing like Bengal Famine has happened in India again.

4. During famine families have to leave their villages.

5. The agricultural labourers, fishermen, transport workers and other casual labourers were affected the most by dramatically increasing in price of rice. They were the ones who died in this famine. 

1. The food insecure people are disproportionately large in some regions of the country, such as economically backward states with high incidence of poverty, tribal and remote areas, regions more prone to natural disasters and food insecurity.

2. In fact, the states of Uttar Pradesh (Eastern and south-eastern parts), Bihar, Jharkhand, Odisha, West Bengal, Chhattisgarh, parts of Madhya Pradesh and Maharashtra account for largest number of food insecure people in the country.