-Scroll.in The ‘Hunger Watch’ survey, conducted across 14 states, calculated ‘Food insecurity’ based on a scale developed by UN’s Food and Agriculture Organization. A total of 79% of Indian households across 14 states which responded to the second “Hunger Watch” survey reported some form of “Food insecurity” in 2021. As much as 25% of the families said that that they faced “severe Food insecurity”, the survey report released on Wednesday showed. The survey...
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India’s second COVID-19 wave too saw penury: study -Jacob Koshy
-The Hindu Hunger Watch-2 finds income dip and hunger, despite no national lockdown. India’s second wave that didn’t see a national lockdown like in the first failed to significantly alleviate economic distress and hunger among the poor, according to a survey of 6,500 respondents in 14 States. The survey, Hunger Watch–2, was commissioned by the Right To Food Campaign and The Centre for Equity Studies from December–2021 to January 2022 to evaluate economic...
More »Second Hunger Watch Survey shows high level of Food insecurity among the poor & vulnerable people of 14 states
-Press release by the Right to Food Campaign Secretariat dated February 23, 2022 * 66 percent respondents said that their income has decreased compared to the pre-pandemic period * 80 percent reported some form of Food insecurity, 25 percent reported severe Food insecurity * 41 percent said that nutritional quality of their diet deteriorated compared to the pre-pandemic period * 67 percent could not afford cooking gas in the month preceding the survey. * 45...
More »The under-nutrition problem in Bundelkhand should receive equal attention of the policymakers, if not more
Recent media reports point out that the Bundelkhand region of Uttar Pradesh is likely to get about Rs. 6,300 crore projects ahead of the upcoming Uttar Pradesh assembly polls, including a Rs. 400 crore worth plant for the propulsion system of anti-tank guided missiles in Jhansi. The foundation was laid for the first project in the Jhansi node (related to the Uttar Pradesh Defence Industrial Corridor) on November 18, 2021. The two...
More »Nearly 51 million internally displaced in 33 countries in first half of 2021: UN -Madhumita Paul
-Down to Earth The lethal mix of conflict, COVID-19, poverty, Food insecurity and climate emergency has compounded humanitarian plight of the displaced, flags report As many as 50.9 people were internally displaced across 33 countries due to conflict and violence in the first six months of 2021, according to a report by the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR). The number is nearly five per cent more than the 48.6 million...
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