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GAURAV KUMARAIR 377· 2025

Question 16GS2GS2

Even as India experiences consistent economic growth and has achieved self-sufficiency in food production, hunger and food insecurity remain pressing concerns. Examine the factors responsible for this paradox and suggest steps to improve the situation.

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Paradox as Concern:

1Hunger - (i) malnourished population, 25% does not have balanced diet (WHO)

(ii) 25%, stunting, 18% of basting

(iii) 59%, anemic — sickle cell disease

(iv) 99% maternal mortality, (i.e, 70-509 mmt)

Reasons:

1No purchasing power — reduced or stagnant real wage (rev journey)
2Calorie based poverty measures → food under NFSA-all cereals, no nutrition of horticulture
3Inequality among tribes, states, & rural areas
4Food security & Affordability, Accessibility (very base leverage — 26%), Availability (Climate change led focus), & Acceptability → people are eating nutritious diet — preference for junk high salt

Way forward:

(i) Ensure food — Inequal poverty, high spend more on luxuries, less in consumption, pent spend more in calories

(ii) Service level growth — for get their regular salary/rev. Key 58% key employed — 1% jobless growth — prosperity a home

(iii) Inequality: distribution of resources like nutritionals, milk, meat, fishes, fruit. Way forward — NFCAI for fortification; Food vulnerability; Reduce inequality, intersect health lead, Divergent Tax

Pleasor Curve

(i) Engel curve — Inequal poverty, high spend more on luxuries, less in consumption, pent spend more in calories

(ii) Service level growth — for get their regular salary/rev. Key 58% key employed — 1% jobless growth — prosperity a home

(iii) Inequality: distribution of resources like nutritionals, milk, meat, fishes, fruit.

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Conclusion

Way forward involves addressing wage levels, reducing inequality in resource distribution, and implementing food fortification policies like NFCAI to improve food security and health outcomes.

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GAURAV KUMAR

AIR 3772025

Subject & Paper

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Topic

Issues relating to Poverty and Hunger

Paradox of Poverty

Health indicators and malnutrition

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249

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