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Hunger, Food Security & Poverty Alleviation — NFSA, PDS, Mid-Day Meal

भूख, खाद्य सुरक्षा और गरीबी उन्मूलन — NFSA, PDS

Hunger, Food Security & Poverty Alleviation — NFSA, PDS, Mid-Day Meal is part of the UPSC Mains GS Paper II syllabus, under Social Justice. It appeared in Mains GS Paper II question papers in 4 of the 10 years from 2016 to 2025 (2016, 2019, 2022, 2024). It is marked high-yield: a topic worth revising more than once.

What should you study in Hunger, Food Security & Poverty Alleviation?

NFSA 2013 — Antyodaya, priority households, grain entitlements
PDS reform — end-to-end computerisation, Aadhaar seeding
Mid-Day Meal / PM POSHAN — school nutrition, 12 crore children
One Nation One Ration Card — portability for migrants

How often is Hunger, Food Security & Poverty Alleviation asked in UPSC Mains?

Asked in 4 of 10 years, including 2 of the last 5. Highlighted years below are the ones it appeared in.

2016: asked
2017: not asked
2018: not asked
2019: asked
2020: not asked
2021: not asked
2022: asked
2023: not asked
2024: asked
2025: not asked

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GS Paper II is a 250-mark descriptive Mains paper covering governance, the Constitution, polity, social justice and international relations. See all 40 Mains GS Paper II topics.

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