Which are
the people more prone to food insecurity?
Which are the people more prone to food insecurity?
A
large section of people suffer from food and nutrition insecurity in
India. However, the worst affected groups are
as follows:
(i)
Landless and land-poor households,
traditional artisans, providers of traditional services, petty
self-employed workers and destitute including beggars (in the rural
areas)
(ii)
People employed in ill-paid occupations and
casual labourers engaged in seasonal activities (in the urban areas)
(iii)
People belonging to the backward sections
of society, namely SCs, STs and OBCs
(iv)
People belonging to economically-backward
states with high incidence of poverty, tribal and remote areas and
regions more prone to natural disasters
(v) People
affected by natural disasters who have to migrate to other areas in
search of work
(vi) Large
proportion of pregnant and nursing mothers, and children under the
age of 5 years
A large section of people suffer from food and nutrition insecurity in India. However, the worst affected groups are as follows:
(i) Landless and land-poor households, traditional artisans, providers of traditional services, petty self-employed workers and destitute including beggars (in the rural areas)
(ii) People employed in ill-paid occupations and casual labourers engaged in seasonal activities (in the urban areas)
(iii) People belonging to the backward sections of society, namely SCs, STs and OBCs
(iv) People belonging to economically-backward states with high incidence of poverty, tribal and remote areas and regions more prone to natural disasters
(v) People affected by natural disasters who have to migrate to other areas in search of work
(vi) Large proportion of pregnant and nursing mothers, and children under the age of 5 years
