Working paPeR on Sustainable Food Systems and India’s Trade Agreements

Working paPeR on Sustainable Food Systems and India’s Trade Agreements

4 Sep 2024

1.3 Layout The layout of the policy brief is as follows: The next section (Section 2) gives an overview of the sustainable food system globally and in India, highlighting budgetary trends, and the development and impact of schemes/policies/initiatives taken at both the central and state levels. [...] Ministries, and departments, such as the Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers’ Welfare (MoAFW), Ministry of Fisheries, Animal Husbandry and Dairying (MoFAHD), Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) under the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare (MoHFW), and Ministry of Food Processing Industries (MoFPI) regulate different aspects of the food supply chain. [...] For example, the Government of Chhattisgarh launched the Mukhyamantri Suposhan Abhiyan in October 2019 with a budgetary allocation of INR 600 million in the state to provide nutritious food to villagers at the panchayat level.78 According to the National Family Health Survey-5 (FY 2019- 21), the percentage of malnutrition in the state is 31.3 per cent,79 which is less than the national average of. [...] The enforcement and control of SFS is under the state governments, and the KIIs, conducted by the authors, revealed the prevalence of spurious products and fraud and corruption in the self-certification system. [...] Since SFS is in the domain of multiple regulatory agencies at the centre and the states, a master policy document laying down the vision of the country and a roadmap towards achieving it in the short, medium and long term will help in budget allocation, ensure co-ordinated efforts and comprehensive solutions.

Authors

Anushka Pal

Pages
49
Published in
India

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