Who are food insecure in india
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Food security entails ensuring adequate food supply to people, especially those who are deprived of basic nutrition. Food security has been a major concern in India. According to UN-India, there are nearly 195 million undernourished people in India, which is a quarter of the world's hunger burden.
In urban areas the food insecure families are those whose working members are generally employed in low paid occupations and casual labour market.
The most affected groups are landless people with little or no land to depend upon traditional artisans, providers of traditional services, petty self- employed workers.
A large of proportion of pregnant women is also food insecure.
The people who faced natural disasters are also poor.
A large group of section that are - SC's,STS, OBCs are also poor.