The National Food Security Act has failed to reform the discriminatory public distribution system leaving many high and dry. The costly targeted system excludes the genuinely poor and encourages corruption.
Insufficient food for the poor.."Almost 50% of its children are malnourished and 75% of its women suffer from anaemia; and per capita food availability has actually decreased".
Flawed concept note.."If universalisation of the PDS is not accepted, those earning less than the minimum wage need to be considered poor".
Rising hunger and malnutrition problem..
‘Incredible India’ is that while it sports a high growth in GDP, it ranks 66th in a list of 88 countries on the World Hunger Index'.
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