The idea is to understand how the electoral democracy has impacted the food security structure. Polity and political shifts, however, have become part of the economic changes, in the sense, that any development or hurdle comes alongside with a political change.
Food has been a part of our structural existence, where the food accessibility, entitlement, and availability depend on enactment of food security through, Targeted Public Distribution System (TPDS), or rationing. The TPDS system, however, identifies the quality and quantity of food that are provided to citizens, and mostly reaching out to those who are economically marginalised.
This research has been undertaken to understand the entitlement and capability to access food as a means of basic sustenance. The book, overall, has explored some of these important issues with regard to food security and electoral democracy to understand both variables, in depth.
Towards the dawn of Independence with multitudes of body lying on the roadsides, and homelessness, food and shelter became a prominent issue in the post-Independent India. Democracy, as the term suggests, is an ability and identity of the citizens residing in a country where free will and freedom of expression are ideally existing; and it is backed up with a proper law and order, with security provided to its citizens.
Since 1947, as India was built layer by layer, the hurdles started emerging every single time, as formation of new government and new challenges in the social framework are inevitable. Food security and entitlement, thus became a permanent issue for those who became refugees and also those who restructured their existence from scratch. Every single day, as we are heading towards further progress and enlightenment of modern society, our citizens and residential structures had been reforming from totally regimented to an independent and self-sufficient one.
The coming phases targeted into the massive import substitution and trade liberalism which included supply and demand for various raw materials that were rare and scarce, yet very much aligned with the ordeals of fair-trade practices. But that did not ensure food security or entitlement access for each of the income groups without being profiled for their caste, colour, or religious practices. Since various famines had occurred across India, during these phases starting from late 1800s to early 2000s, entitlement and access to food becomes a formal requirement. So, food security as a part of this storyline becomes inevitably vital. Another essential part is that, as democracy has progressed, electoral reforms became associated with reforming societal upgradation and progression. Electoral democracy became one with liberalism and social reforms.
This book deals with the concept of food security, and how it has been influenced by the electoral democracy over the years with a special mention to a case study that has been surveyed at Gangasagar, West Bengal, Halasahalli, Karnataka and Musheerabad in Hyderabad district. The idea is to provide a brief preview on electoral reformation and changes on the basic requirements and sustainability of the residents of the targeted area.
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