Food security: challenges and implications

India is developing rapidly in all aspects similarly with other countries and has been seriously competing with all other developed and developing nations, unfortunately India is struggling to provide two square meals a day to the people in bottom of the pyramid. It is really shameful to note that 48 percent of the children are suffering from malnutrition. According to Global Hunger Index 2013 in the catalogue of 120 countries India is occupying 63 positions. With introduction of Food Security Act, 2013 seems to luring. But it is to be seriously pondered whether this bill is truly going to address the issue of hunger, poverty and malnutrition. This conceptual paper presents comprehensive details on challenges of implementing Food Security Act, 2013.