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Ten Point Agenda For Action
Speeches
delivered at the inaugural session
Programme
Media
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The Planning Commission of the Government of India, M.S.
Swaminathan Research Foundation and the World Food Programme organised a
national consultation on "Towards Hunger Free India".
At the inaugural function, the book "Enabling Development: Food Assistance in
South Asia" and the atlas "Food
Insecurity Atlas of Rural India" were released by the Honourable
Prime Minister of India, Shri Atal Bihari Vajpayee.
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Release
of the book "Enabling Development: Food Assistance in South
Asia"
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Release
of the atlas "Food Insecurity Atlas of Rural India"
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The objective of the one and a half day consultation was
to provide valuable inputs to the food security debate in India and the
Government’s policy on food assistance programmes during the Tenth Five
Year Plan. The consultation culminated in the formation of a ten point agenda for action for
ensuring sustainable national food security. Eminent scholars,
administrators, academicians, representatives of the Government,
international agencies and NGOs participated in the discussions.
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