Mehta, V.P.Neelam Kumari2018-09-112018-09-112018http://krishikosh.egranth.ac.in/handle/1/5810072639The present investigation aimed to study the role of Haryana state in food security of India. The research work has been entirely carried out with the secondary data for the period 1995-96 to 2015-16. The time series secondary data regarding area, production, productivity, etc. for the selected crops were collected from various published sources and electronic media both for India and Haryana state. To study the food security in India, secondary data on such as net availability of cereals and pulses, per capita availability of foodgrains and decadal population were collected for the period 1995 to 2015 from the Statistical Abstract of India. The production-wise scenario of foodgrains has indicated that, major cereals like rice, wheat and maize showed consistent improvement, but pulses production was not consistent. Rice and wheat production during 1995-96 was 76.98 and 62.10 million tonnes, which increased to 104.41 and 92.29 million tonnes respectively in 2015-16. Productivity of rice, wheat, maize, barley, coarse cereals, total cereals and total foodgrains increased continuously during the entire period. In Haryana, earlier, share of rice in total area under foodgrains was 20.64 per cent which increased to 30.39 per cent in 2015-16. Although, wheat is the traditional crop of the state, its share to the total foodgrains area increased from 49.05per cent in 1995-96 to 57.85 per cent in 2015-16. In 2015-16, 88 per cent of the area under total foodgrains in Haryana was occupied with rice-wheat cropping-system. The procurement of wheat from Haryana state to the central pool was 42.52 per cent during the year 1995-96 which increased to 59.74 percent during the year 2015-16. Haryana contributes about 12 per cent of wheat and around 6 per cent of rice to central pool during the study period. Trend in availability of foodgrains indicate that India was secure in cereals, but not in case of pulses over the study period. For sustainability of food, the availability of food is very important because Haryana is the major state in India which is providing food to a huge population. So, proper attention is needed in availability of food to ensure the future food security in India.ennullThesis