Question

Who are food insecure people in rural India?

Answer 1

Food insecure people in rural India are mainly landless workers, traditional artisans, petty self-employed workers, daily wage laborers, and beggars. They are mostly engaged in seasonal jobs and receive very low wages, barely meeting subsistence needs. Scheduled Castes, Scheduled Tribes, and some Other Backward Classes are more vulnerable. Migrants due to natural calamities and pregnant or nursing women and children under five also form significant food insecure groups. These people often live in economically backward, tribal, remote, or disaster-prone areas, especially in states like Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Jharkhand, Odisha, West Bengal, and Chhattisgarh.