Critical Appraisal of Indian Food Policy - A Proposal of Rationalizing Towards Private Public Partnership

Research Objectives: The objective of the study was to investigate in details the current National Food Policy covering its major components including procurement, distribution and pricing policy with a motive of illustrating the need of policy reform and redesigning through Public-Private Partnership because of changed scenario in domestic and global market.. Methodology: This paper reports the results of ex-post-facto research and illustrating the descriptive research design Findings. Findings: It gives a detailed analysis of role and responsibility of Food Corporation of India to ensure National Food Security Policy of food availability, affordability and accessibility, giving the rationality of requiring holistic policy reform initiative to eradicate the poverty and hunger deaths in India. It highlights the need of decoupling the FCI operations and allowing the private parties to exist at all levels for the reduction of the overall cost, thus increasing the Public-Private Partnership at each level. Implications: The paper would guide towards reframing the policy and Food Management system of India for improvement in the efficiency of current system and the ways of involving private parties in the system. Research Limitations: A more detailed approach to dimension of food policy is required, Results could have been refined further if larger set of analysis were available. Originality/Value: This paper depicts the food security paradox in India and novel explanations of factors responsible for existing problems and the areas where Public-Private Partnership can play a dominant role in the system are expressed in a complete new context.