5 government programmes providing food security to the poor households

1.	5 government programmes providing food security to the poor households.
Answer» \tIntegrated Child Development Services (ICDS) is an Indian government welfare programme which provides food, preschool education, and primary healthcare to children under 6 years of age and their mothers.\tPublic Distribution System (PDS) is an Indian food security system.\tAntyodaya Anna Yojana (AAY) is a Government of India sponsored scheme to provide highly subsidised food to millions of the poorest families.\tMinimum Support Price is the price at which government purchases crops from the farmers, whatever may be the price for the crops.\tThe National Food Security Act, 2013 (also Right to Food Act) is an Act of the Parliament of India which aims to provide subsidised food grains to approximately two-thirds of India’s 1.2 billion people.

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