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FOOD SCARCITY IN INDIA
FoodFood ScarcityScarcity inin IndiaIndia
“People who love to eat are always the best people” . Of course this is well defined and absolutely right. Though many people in India may be the best but are also the unluckiest. This is because of the food scarcity in India more than that we imagine.
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India ranks 71 out of 113 major countries in terms of food security index 2020. This defines how well food is secured in India. The country has so unequal distribution of food as the rich gets excess food while the poor is suffering from food scarcity. Our economic approach to food and its distribution reflects our basic moral values.
AccordingAccording to to thethe datadata presentedpresented inin thethe report,report, thethe prevalenceprevalence of of moderatemoderate to to severesevere foodfood insecurityinsecurity inin IndiaIndia roserose byby aroundaround 6.86.8 percent percent inin 2018-20.2018-20. DrillingDrilling deeper,deeper, thethe mainmain reasonreason forfor foodfood scarcityscarcity inin IndiaIndia areare thethe shrinkingshrinking of of agrarianagrarian andand informalinformal sectorsector incomesincomes andand failures.failures.
SomeSome ofof thethe majormajor causescauses of of foodfood insecurityinsecurity are:are:
Poverty,Poverty, unemployment orunemployment or lowlow income.income.
LackLack ofof affordableaffordable housinghousing forfor thethe storagestorage of of food.food.
ChronicChronic healthhealth conditionsconditions or or lacklack of of accessaccess to healthto health care.care.
SystemicSystemic racismracism andand discrimination.discrimination.
Illiteracy.Illiteracy.
AndAnd inin additionaddition to to this,this, thethe COVID-19COVID-19 pandemicpandemic tooktook a a majormajor partpart inin causingcausing foodfood insecurityinsecurity andand foodfood scarcityscarcity inin IndiaIndia duedue to to thethe lockdownlockdown whichwhich causedcaused economiceconomic deprivationdeprivation acrossacross thethe country.country.
FoodFood cancan bebe securedsecured onlyonly ifif thethe peoplepeople inin differentdifferent financialfinancial sectorssectors realiserealise to to eat eat inin sufficientsufficient amountsamounts andand notnot causingcausing anyany foodfood wastage.wastage. PeoplePeople maymay notnot seesee thethe poorpoor sufferingsuffering fromfrom lacklack of of foodfood but but theythey actuallyactually are.are. So, So, ifif youyou don’tdon’t wantwant it,it, don’tdon’t wastewaste it.it. RecommendationRecommendation isis to to givegive itit to othersto others or or thethe poor.poor.
