TABLE OF CONTENTS DECLARATION ; CERTIFICATE ; ACKNOWLEDGEMENT ; LIST OF ABBREVIATION ; LIST OF CASES ; CHAPTER 1 ; INTRODUCTION AND RESEARCH METHODOLOGY ; 1 INTRODUCTION ; 1.1 RESEARCH PROBLEM ; 1.2 RESEARCH QUESTION ; 1.3AIMANDOBJECTIVES ; 1.4 HVPOTHESIS ; 1.5 LIMITATION OF STUDY ; 1.6 UTILITY OF THE STUDY ; 1.7 METHODOLOGY OF THE STUDY ; 1.8 CHAPTERIZATION OF THE DISSERTATION ; CHAPTER·2 ; EVOIUTION OF RIGHT TO FOOD IN INDIA ; 2 INTRODUCTION ; 2.1 RIGHT TO FOOD ; 2.2 DEFINITION OF POVERTY ; 2.3 DEFINITION AND CONCEPTS OF FOOD SECURITV ; 2.3.1 FOOD INSECURITY ; 2.3.2 FOOD SECURITY AT HOUSEHOLD LEVEL ; 2.4 SOME THEORIES WHICH SUPPORTED RIGHT TO FOOD ; 2.4(a) DOCTRINE OF LIVING LAW ; 2.4(b) THEORV OF JUSTICE ; 2.4(c) THEORV OF DISTRIBUTIVE JUSTICE ; 2.4(d) CONCEPT OF CORRECTIVE JUSTICE ; 2.5 WOMEN'S RIGHT TO FOOD ; CHAPTER-3 ; INTERNATIONAL PRESPECTIVE ; 3. RIGHT TO FOOD: TRENDS AROUND THE WORLD ; 3.1 IMPORTANCE OF CONSTITUTIONAL FRAMEWORK FOR THE RIGHT TO FOOD ; 3.2 TYPES OF ACKNOWLEDGEMENT UNDER CONSTITUTIONS ; 3.2.1 DIRECT ACKNOWLEDGMENT OF THE RIGHT TO FOOD ; 3.2.2 THE RIGHT TO FOOD IS IMPLICIT IN A BROADER HUMAN RIGHT ; 3.2.3 DIRECTIVE PRINCIPLES OF STATE POLICY AND RIGHT TO FOOD ; 3.2.4 INDIRECT RECOGNITION THROUGH INTERPRETATION OF OTHER HUMAN RIGHTS ; 3.3 THE RIGHT TO FOOD IN INTERNATIONAL LAW ; 3.4 STATES PARTIES' OBLIGATION UNDER INTERNATIONAL LAW ; 35 WTO AND INDIAN AGRICULTURE ; 3.6 RIGHT TO FOOD IN AFRICA ; 3.7 THE RIGHT TO FOOD IN AFRICAN CONSTITUTION ; 3.7.1 EVERVONE HAS THE RIGHT TO HAVE ACCESS TO SUFFICIENT FOOD ; 3.7.2 SOUTH AFRICAN JURISPRUDENCE ON THE RIGHT TO FOOD ; CHAPTER·4 ; JUDICIAL APPROACH AND PRONOUNCEMENTS ON THE RIGHT TO FOOD IN INDIA ; 4.1 INTRODUCTION ; 4.2 RIGHT TO FOOD AS PART OF RIGHT TO LIFE ; 4.3 THE RIGHT TO FOOD AS A FUNDAMENTAL RIGHT ; 4.4 THE SUPREME COURT AND ENFORCEMENT ; 4.4.1 FOOD DISTRIBUTION SCHEMES MADE INTO ENTITLEMENTS ; 4.4.2 ENFORCEMENT OF THE RIGHT TO FOOD ; CHAPTER 5 ; FOOD SECURITY IN INDIA ; 5.1 INTRODUCTION ; 5.2 HISTORICAL OVERVIEW OF PUBLIC DISTRIBUTION SVSTEM ; 5.2.1 THERE ARE FOUR PHASES OF PDS IN INDIA: ; 5.2.2 WORKING OF PUBLIC DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM IN INDIA ; 5.3 STATE INTERVENTION IN FOODGRAINSANO FCI ; 5.4 STATUS OF FOOD SECURITY: SCARCITY AMIDST PLENTY ; 55 DIFFERENT SCHEMES FOR FOOD SECURITY ; 5.5.1 MID·DAV MEALS SCHEME (MOMS) ; 5.5.2 ANTYODAVA ANNA VOJANA, (AAV) ; 5.5.3 ANNAPURNA SCHEME ; 5.5.4 MAHATMA GANDHI NATIONAL RURAL EMPLOVMENT GUARANTEE ACT (MGNREGA); 5.5.5 IMPROVING AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTIVITY SCHEME ; 5.5.6 INTEGRATEO CHILO DEVELOPMENT SERVICES ; 5.6 NATIONAL FOOD SECURITY ACT (NFSA), 2013 ; 5.7 FAILURES OF THE RIGHT TO FOOD CASE, NATIONAL FOOD SECURITY AND THE SCHEMES66 CHAPTER 6 ; CONCLUSION ; LIST OF ABBREVIATION.