The Hindu Editorial (A welcome move) – Dec 26, 2022

The Government has decided not to extend the Pradhan Mantri Garib Kalyan Anna Yojana, (PMGKY), a scheme that ran between April 2020 to December 2022 (except for a short period in between),… For further reading, visit “The Hindu”. Below is today’s word list-1 for The Hindu Editorial (A welcome move) – Dec 26, 2022.

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The Hindu Editorial (A welcome move) – Dec 26, 2022:

welcome (adjective) – pleasing, agreeable, heartening, promising, much needed.
move (noun) – measure, action, initiative, step.
foodgrain (noun) – a grain (rice, wheat, etc.) produced for human consumption.
food security (noun) – food security is a situation that exists when all people, at all times, have physical, social and economic access to sufficient, safe and nutritious food that meets their dietary needs and food preferences for an active and healthy life.
National Food Security Act, (NFSA) 2013 (noun) – An Act to provide for food and nutritional security in human life cycle approach, by ensuring access to adequate quantity of quality food at affordable prices to people to live a life with dignity and for matters connected therewith or incidental thereto. It provides subsidised food grains to 75% of India’s rural population and 50% of its urban population. NFSA 2013 includes almost two-thirds of the Indian population in its entirety.
take up (phrasal verb) – accept, say yes to, agree to, adopt, absorb.
Pradhan Mantri Garib Kalyan Anna Yojana (PM-GKAY) (noun) – The Pradhan Mantri Garib Kalyan Anna Yojana scheme was part of the Centre’s initial COVID-19 relief package, back in March 2020 when the first lockdown was announced. It provides for 5 kg of rice or wheat per person per month to be distributed free of cost to the 80 crore beneficiaries of the National Food Security Act.
allocation – supplying, giving, providing, distribution.
pool (noun) – group.
beneficiary (noun) – recipient, receiver.
shock (noun) – disturbance causing volatility/uncertainty in an economy.
pandemic (noun) – the worldwide spread of a new disease; The illness spreads around the world and typically affects a large number of people across a wide area.
bring in (phrasal verb) – provide, give, yield, generate, produce, fetch.
dividend (noun) – benefit, advantage, gain.
in particular (phrase) – particularly, specifically, especially.
bear the cost/expense (verb) – to pay for something; foot the bill.
ration (noun) – the practice of having a fixed allowance of provisions or food.
avail (verb) – to make use of something; use, utilize, take advantage of.
rather than (phrase) – instead of.
subsidised (adjective) – paid part of the cost of something (for example, food), so that it is available at a lower price.
Antyodaya Anna Yojana (AAY) (noun) – Antyodaya Anna Yojana was introduced to reduce hunger among India’s Below Poverty Line (BPL) population. Launched in December 2000, the AAY scheme targeted more than 1 crore low-income families in India. Using the Antyodaya Anna Yojana scheme, low-income families can purchase food items at a highly subsidised cost.
census (noun) – an official survey, particularly of a population.
Public Distribution System (PDS) (noun) – The Public Distribution System (PDS) in the country facilitates the supply of food grains and distribution of essential commodities to a large number of poor people through a network of Fair Price Shops at a subsidized price on a recurring basis. With a network of more than 400,000 Fair Price Shops (FPS), the Public Distribution System (PDS) in India is perhaps the largest distribution machinery of its type in the world.
entitlement (noun) – right, prerogative, claim.
frame (verb) – formulate, draw up, plan, devise, create, coordinate.
go on to (phrasal verb) – to advance to doing something; to progress to something.
take on (phrasal verb) – undertake, accept, assume, shoulder, adopt, bear.
monetary (adjective) – fiscal, financial, money.
subsidy (noun) – also called subvention; a financial contribution granted to help an industry or business, mostly given by a government, in order to keep the price of service/goods at a low level.
provision (noun) – supplying, supplying, distribution, allocation.
fiscally (adverb) – financially.
distress (noun) – hardship, adversity, trouble, poverty, destitution, deprivation.
relief (noun) – (financial) help, aid, assistance, succour.
needy (adjective) – poor/poverty-stricken, underprivileged, impoverished.
buffer stock (noun) – a large supply of a commodity stored (as reserve/extra) by the government for the purposes of stabilizing prices in an entire economy.
procured (adjective) – purchased
procurement (noun) – the action of procuring/purchasing/buying something.
Food Corporation of India (FCI) (noun) – The Food Corporation of Indi (FCI) is an organization created and run by the Government of India. It is a statutory body under the Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution, Government of India, formed by the enactment of Food Corporation Act 1964. It was set up on 14 January 1965 to implement the following objectives of the National Food Policy. Effective price support operations for safeguarding the interests of the farmers, Distribution of foodgrains throughout the country for public distribution system & Maintaining a satisfactory level of operational and buffer stocks of foodgrains to ensure National Food Security.
commodity (noun)- material, product, item, thing.
afford (verb) – have the money for.
of course (phrase) – certainly, definitely, absolutely; obviously, clearly.
household (noun) – family, house.
poorest of the poor (phrase) – Women, old people and children are the poorest of the poor in the society because they are systematically denied equal access to resources available to the family.
deserve (verb) – justify, be worth, be qualified for, have a right to.
the deserving (noun) – a person who deserves/be entitled for something.
diversion (noun) – deviation, deflection, turning aside, digression, divergence.
activist (noun) – a person who supports a political change or cause; (or societal change/cause).
robust (adjective) – strong, powerful.
universalisation (noun) – the process of making something available for all.
in need (of) (phrase) – not having enough food, money etc. needing (something).
flawed (adjective) – defective, faulty, distorted, inaccurate.