<h1>Food security requires timely, uninterrupted and affordable supplies; policy must ensure stable production and targeted welfare schemes.</h1> Food security requires timely, uninterrupted and affordable food supplies for the poor, achieved by stabilising agricultural production and prices and by deploying entitlement feeding programmes, food subsidy mechanisms such as the Targeted Public Distribution System and Annapurna, and employment-linked support to maintain purchasing power; these measures must be complemented by market reforms, supply augmentation and technology to reduce volatility and ensure continuous access for vulnerable groups.