Category: EconomyPart of speech: nounDifficulty: IntermediateRecommended for ★ UPSC

ખાદ્ય સુરક્ષા

/khaadya suraksha/Roman

English meaning: Food Security

Definition

Ensuring all people have access to sufficient safe and nutritious food.

Usage — When, Where & How

Formal policy compound term for food security. Used in government schemes, agriculture and development discourse.

Common Collocations

  • ખાદ્ય સુરક્ષા કાયદો
  • ખાદ્ય સુરક્ષા યોજના
  • ખાદ્ય સુરક્ષા સુનિશ્ચિત કરવી
  • રાષ્ટ્રીય ખાદ્ય સુરક્ષા
  • ખાદ્ય સુરક્ષાનો અધિકાર

Word Forms

compound; ખાદ્ય (food, adj.) + સુરક્ષા (security, fem.)

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Literary Heritage

“સ્વદેશી એટલે ઘરઆંગણે ઉત્પન્ન કરેલ વસ્તુઓનો ઉપયોગ.”

/Svadeśī eṭale gharāṃgaṇe utpanna karela vastuonī upayoga./

“Swadeshi means using goods produced at our own doorstep.”

Mahatma Gandhi · Freedom Fighter and Philosopher · Early 20th century

Hind Swaraj

M. K. Gandhi, Hind Swaraj (Gujarati edition, 1909), ch. 18

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Gujarati
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