Question
Who are food insecure?
Solution
Although a large section of people suffer from food and nutrition insecurity in India.
(i)The worst affected groups are landless people with little or no land to depend upon traditional, artisans, providers of traditional services, petty self-employed workers and destitutes including beggars.
(ii)In the urban areas, the food insecure families are those whose working members are generally employed in ill paid occupations and casual labour market.
(iii)These workers are largely engaged in seasonal activities and are paid very low wages that just ensure bare survival.
