9th Class Social Science Food Security / खाद्य सुरक्षा Question Bank Short Answer Type Questions - Food Security in India

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    Which arc the people more prone to food insecurity?

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    Although a large number of people suffer from food and nutrition insecurity in India, the worst affected groups are the landless people with little or no land to depend upon, traditional artisans, providers of traditional services, petty self-employed workers and destitutes including beggars. (a) In the urban areas, the food insecure families are those whose working members are generally employed in ill-paid occupations and casual labour market. (b) The SC, STs and some sections of the OBCs who have either poor and-base or very low land productivity are prone to food insecurity. (c) The people affected by natural disasters, who have to migrate to other areas in search of work, are also among the most food insecure.


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