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Food security is one of the major components of social security. It consists of ensuring that food is available at all times, that all persons have means of and access to it, that it is nutritionally adequate in terms of quantity, quality and variety, and that it is acceptable within the given culture. There are three elements in this definition, availability, access and suitability. In recent years, nutrition has been considered as part of food security. The National Development Council (NDC) in its 53rd meeting held on May 29, 2007 adopted a resolution to launch a Food Security Mission—comprising rice, wheat and pulses—to increase the production of rice by 10 million tons, wheat by 8 million tons and pulses by 2 million tons by the end of the Eleventh Five Year Plan (2007-12). Accordingly, a Centrally-sponsored scheme, viz. National Food Security Mission (NFSM) was launched from 2007-08 to operationalize the above mentioned resolution. National Food Security Bill was introduced in the Lok Sabha on December 22, 2011. As per the provisions of the Bill, it is proposed to provide 7 kilograms of foodgrains per person per month belonging to priority households at prices not exceeding ` 3 per kilogram of rice, ` 2 per kilogram of wheat, and ` 1 per kilogram of coarse grains and to general households not less than 3 kilogram of foodgrains per person per month at prices not exceeding 50 percent of the minimum support price (MSP) for wheat and coarse grains and derived MSP for rice. The present volume consists of 15 research papers on the subject of food security, contributed by scholars in the field. The issues raised in different papers add constructively to the current debate on this sensitive subject of national importance. About the Author:- Dr. Shyam Kartik Mishra is Associate Professor of Economics at Post-Graduate College, Sakaldiha, Chandauli (Varanasi), Uttar Pradesh. He holds M.A. (Economics) and Ph.D degrees and a certificate in population studies from International Institute for Population Sciences, Mumbai. He has taught at S.N.D.T. University, Mumbai. Dr. Mishra has published a number of research papers in reputed journals, edited books and conference volumes. He has 4 books to his credit published from New Delhi, Kanpur and Varanasi. Dr. Mishra has completed 5 research projects sponsored by University Grants Commission (UGC), New Delhi and Indian Council of Social Science and Indian Council of Social Science Research (ICSSR), New Delhi. He is the founder General Secretary of Uttar Pradesh-Uttarakhand Economic Association (UPUEA). He specializes in demography and gender economics. Dr. Babita Agrawal is presently an Associate Professor and Head of the Department of Economics, Arya Kanya Post-graduate College, Hapur. She holds Ph.D in Economics from Chaudhary Charan Singh University, Meerut and has teaching experience of more than 19 years of undergraduate classes including 9 years of post-graduate classes. She is a member of the managing committee of Shrimati Brahma Devi Saraswati Balika Vidya Mandir, Hapur and joint editor of Economic Journal published by Uttar Pradesh-Uttarakhand Economic Association, Varanasi. She received the Best Teacher Award for the year 2004 from Bharat Vikas Parishad, Hapur.