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Who are the most affected food insecure people in India?

Answer:

Most affected people in rural areas are:

(i) Landless people with little or no land to depend on.

(ii) The traditional artisans.

(iii) Providers of traditional services like Pandits performing religious ceremonies.

(iv) Petty, self-employed workers.

(v) Poor and the destitute including beggars.

Most affected people in urban areas are:

(i) Those families are food insecure whose working members are general employed in ill-paid occupations.

(ii) Casual labour in the market.

(iii) These workers are mostly engaged in seasonal activities and are paid very low wages that just ensure their bare survival.