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High unemployment rate of 8.1% & inflation rate of 5.1% as per CMIE. However, contrary to it, other factors falsify the claims of this Index like:
(a) Government measures like Food Security Act, 2013, PDS scheme etc.
(b) World Bank held that India eliminated extreme poverty (less than $2.15 per day).
(c) Focus on food & nutritional security on programs like Poshan 2.0, One Nation One Ration Card, Anganwadi 2.0.
Significance of PM Garib Kalyan Yojana - started during pandemic, it gives 5kg of foodgrains per head on a monthly basis to BPL families.
(a) It focuses on last mile delivery & nutritional outcomes
Delivery & nutritional outcomes.
Shortcomings:
Way Ahead:
(a) Targeted interventions
(b) Eat local, pulses, millets etc.
(c) Focus on 'hidden hunger' or nutritional security.
Food fortification, supplementation, diversification is the way forward to realise SDG 2 of Zero Hunger.
Conclusion
Food fortification, supplementation, diversification is the way forward to realise SDG 2 of Zero Hunger.
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- Uses data points like CMIE unemployment/inflation rate
- Cites World Bank finding on poverty elimination
- Structured shortcomings and way ahead
- Links to SDG 2
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Issues relating to Poverty and Hunger
Poverty and Malnutrition
Government Schemes for Food Security
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