MEDIA
&
PUBLIC POLICY
TOPIC- FOOD SECURITY BILL
Course Facilitator: Prof. Padmaja Shaw
Date: 18th August, 2015
Submitted by:
Harsh vardhan sharma (09/2014)
Master of Public Policy
National Law School of India University
Bangalore
Social Security (National Food security Bill)
Introduction:
We know the importance of food in our life, that how essential it is to survive. But still we are struggling to develop an optimistic approach in the distribution of food in the society. Food insecurity is the major aspect of the delinquent which is based on the several indicators, out of which most important is poverty and malnutrition, essentially they all are interrelated to each other. Poverty is the core indicator which develops the juncture
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Sandeep Dixit- He was born on 15 August 1964 in Lucknow. He was the member of the 15th lok sabha of India. He is a representative of Indian National Congress. Sandeep graduated from St. Stephens and did his Master’s from IRMA and was associated with rural development programme. In the debate sandeep’s opinion was more towards the drafting and requirement of the bill. He stated very clearly about the delay in the bill and also how this bill will impact the poor. He clearly stated not to associate this policy with politics intervention. The idea is to make India hungers free nation and to provide the basic social security to the people in terms of food. (wikipedia …show more content…
The major criticism for the bill is related to its cost incurred in the bill and also the political interest behind this programme. But I think the policy is far beyond the cost and other vested interests, the intension is on a humanitarian profound of the society. Being a developing nation and achieving 9% GDP progress may at least doesn’t make sense if the malnutrition and hunger persists in the society which is the major cause of undeveloped rational in the society. The Govt. should have also adopted certain other measures to boost up the standard of people by providing other social securities also in terms of employment etc., and to move towards formulating good policies and work for better implementation of such policies. The rationale behind such policies can be fulfilled only by having proper debates and arguments to catch the several objectives with in the society. And the catalyst of such improvement is the media their interference in the process and the movements obviously helps in generating more facts amongst the society. Role of media is prominent in drafting public
Across the globe humans face poverty, unemployment, natural disasters, and other life-altering problems. The thing that those problems have in common is causing the pain and misery of food not being on the table. Many people and organizations are fundraising and collecting donations to help those in need. Programs educate and teach people to create self-sustaining food sources. However there is one very powerful and reputable group that has the most power to help the cause of hungry children in the United States and that group is the federal government.
By challenging common assumptions and being ethical he effectively claims that the solution to solving these global hunger problems is foreign assistance. Paarlberg shows Pathos, Ethos and Logos through the thought of unravelling worldwide starvation by being realistic of the view on pre-industrial food and farming. Pathos is clearly evident in Paarlberg’s article through the presentation of the food insecurity problem in Africa and Asia. He uses impassioned words as an attempt to reach out to his target audience on a more emotional level by agitating and drawing sympathy of whole food shoppers and policy makers. Paarlberg employs Pathos during the article when he says, “The majority of truly undernourished people -- 62 percent, according to the U.N. Food and Agriculture Organization -- live in either Africa or South Asia, and most are small farmers or rural landless laborers living in the countryside of Africa and South Asia” (page 611-12).
Food sufficiency is a moral right, and it is astonishing that in a developed country like Canada, there are millions of people living with food insufficiency and have heavy reliance on Food Banks among other assistance programs. Since the first food bank opened it’s doors in Canada during the 1980s, this organization has changed dramatically. It is continuously faced with new challenges. Food banks are constantly adapting to the changing times and increasing the variety of food, increasing volumes and providing services beyond the simple provision of food (Pegg & Stapleton, 2015). Changes within the food bank are happening in response to the national economic position, and changing needs of users.
When prices rise, consumers often move to cheaper, less-nutritious foods, increasing the risks of micronutrient defects and other forms of malnutrition, which can have long-term unfavorable effects on people’s health, development and productivity. Hunger
In the United States there are many children and adults that go hungry, due to financial problems. With the economy and how high cost of living is, it’s hard to provide, food for the family. The results of hunger on children in America are not having the right nutrition, can have serious implication for a child’s physical and mental health. Also food insecurity is harmful to all people, but it is particularly devastating to children.
Who do you imagine when someone says food insecurity or hunger? Do you imagine someone severely underweight? Or maybe children in third world countries because surely hunger isn 't here in the United states. But, in fact, hunger is here in the United States, the documentary A Place at the Table defines someone who is food insecure as someone who does not know where their next meal is coming from, they have no idea how to manage, find, or afford food.
In a country that wastes billions of pounds of food each year, it's almost shocking that anyone in America goes hungry. Yet every day, there are millions of children and adults who do not get the meals they need to thrive. We work to get nourishing food – from farmers, manufacturers, and retailers – to people in need. At the same time, we also seek to help the people we serve build a path to a brighter, food-secure future.
In the world, there are one billion people undernourished and one and a half billion more people overweight. In this day and age, where food has become a means of profit rather than a means of keeping people thriving and healthy, Raj Patel took it upon himself to explore why our world has become the home of these two opposite extremes: the stuffed and the starved. He does so by travelling the world and investigating the mess that was created by the big men (corporate food companies) when they took power away from the little men (farmers and farm workers) in order to provide for everyone else (the consumers) as conveniently and profitably as possible. In his book Stuffed and Starved: The Hidden Battle for the World Food System, Patel reveals his findings and tries to reach out to people not just as readers, but also as consumers, in hopes of regaining control over the one thing that has brought us all down: the world food system.
In America, Media bias is everywhere, in the United States all the information that an average American received through everyday sources, the news was most likely processed through the media and told through a biased point of view, when the media gets their hands on news if it is important then it probably won’t be talked about or downplayed no matter the source like in the newspaper, radio, television, movies, as well as other outlets that the media uses, the media only seems to share the news that they find interesting, even then the media would most likely have changed the story, in what they say is just tweaked news, what actually happened and what really happened would be two different stories, also the story would be told from one person
The media will pick and choose which topics to discuss according to the viewer’s ratings. The news media represent the news in a manner that will leave people coming back for more. They choose carefully what they want to report and by doing so they do not spread lies within the articles but what they choose not to tell the audience. The media shares what the people
World Hunger affects a significant amount of people all around the world. It is an issue that everyone should be aware of. The future is bright but there are lots of steps left to figuring out a way to end world hunger. From my research, my intention is to inform the reader about what is hunger, what are the causes, what are the effects of it, where does it mostly occur, and how can we end it. Someone who is severely hungry is someone who is incapable of accessing food on a consistent basis.
These perspectives blame that it usually brings public good characteristics which can lead of reducing the useful and educative information and increasing in negative and threatening information. So the government intervention is used to reduce harmful information. However, economical and technical changes made influence on these perspectives and so two different ways of changes in PSB is being considered. Elstein complains that Public service broadcasting should not exist at all and it could be privatised and funding for subscriptions. Another authors discuss Elstein`s theory and blames that public broadcasters should not be abolished but some efficient changes should be maid and the market has to become open to more broadcasters.
Some of these measures are lack clothing, shelter, food and transportation. A lack of human capabilities such as skills, physical abilities or self-respect. This article which was focused on income-based poverty measures it also showed the lack of resources available resources to meet those needs. 2. Discussion: This sub-topic relates to the thesis statement in that living in poverty
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