Question

Who are the people more prone to food insecurity?

Answer 1

A large group of people suffer from food and nutrition insecurity in India. The most affected groups are as follows :

- People belonging to the backward sections of the society like SCs, STs and OBCs etc.

- People employed in ill-paid occupations.

- Landless labourers, traditional artisans, self employed workers etc.

- People belonging to the economically backward states with high poverty, remote and distant areas, regions prone to natural disaster.

- People migrated to other regions in search of work.

- A large population of pregnant and nursing mothers and children under the age of 5 years.

Thus, these are groups of people more prone to food insecurity.