The ‘Food Security Model’ of Chhattisgarh Government has come for praise from Nobel laureate and internationally acclaimed Economist Amartya Sen during a discussion held by a private news channel, claimed an official press release issued here on Tuesday.
During a discussion titled ‘Development versus Growth’ held by the news channel, Sen was candid in his view that “Chhattisgarh is doing a better job in the domain of Food Security.”
On the other hand, the Nobel laureate remarked that the Centre’s ‘Food Security Bill’ has many shortcomings. However, he also maintained that, nevertheless, any step taken in that direction must be welcomed.
Sen was of the view that the country’s revenue collections had grown by four times during the past few years which should be spent for socio-economic development of the people.
However, the Nobel laureate expressed concern over far less capital being spent in India in the area of education, healthcare, nutrition when compared to China, Japan and other Asian countries.
This ‘status quo’ calls for improvement, even as unsatisfactory expenditure on basic necessities like Education, Health and Food Security negates the overall growth rate of the nation, he added. ‘And if any development model benefits the people by improving Education, Health and Food Security, it should be supported’, he said.