In the rural India, 76 percent of the population does not
have access to nutritious food.
India lags behind neighboring Bangladesh and Pakistan in the
newly released World Hunger Index. It is the second most populous country in
the world behind Sri Lanka and Nepal. This time more terrible information came
to the fore.
According to a study published in the journal Food Policy,
three out of four people in rural India do not have access to nutritious food.
Not only that, if the people of the village spend all their
income on food, then two out of every three people cannot afford the cheapest
nutritious food.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi occasionally spoke about the
food security of the people of India during his six years in power. However,
the statistics show that the country has been lagging behind in this regard in
the last six years.
The Centre's Financial Surveys are based on whether the
country's rural population is getting nutritious food.
The study also used the average daily or monthly income
criteria for unskilled workers as well as industrial workers. Nutritious foods
include dairy products, fruits, fresh grains and vegetables. Source: The Hindu,
Anandabazar.
MD ZAHIRUL HAQUE
AI NEWS CORRESPONDENT
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