Previous Year Question
Which of the following is/are NOT a dimension of food security?
Availability
Accessibility
Affordability
Accountability
Select the correct answer from the code given below:
1 and 2
Only 4
2, 3 and 4
Only 1
Correct Answer: B
Detailed Solution
1. Availability is related to food security. Food Availability means that sufficient quantities of food are available through production, stocks, imports or other supply mechanisms.
2. Accessibility is also a fundamental element of food security. Merely having sufficient food in a country is not enough; people must also have physical and economic access to that food.
3. Affordability is also related to food security in the framework used in this question. It refers to the economic capacity of an individual or household to obtain the food required. India's current food-distribution policy also refers to ensuring accessibility, affordability and availability of foodgrains for poor beneficiaries.
4. Accountability is not such a dimension of food security. Accountability may be important for governance and programme implementation, but it is not included among the food-security dimensions referred to in this question.