Answer:
(i)
Although a large section of people suffer from food and nutrition insecurity.
In India, the worst affected groups are landless people with little or no land
to depend upon, traditional services petty self employed workers and destitutes
including beggars. In the urban areas, the food insecure families are those
whose working members are generally employed in ill paid occupations and casual
labour market. Rickshaw - puller.
(ii) The Social composition along with the inability to buy food also
plays a role in food insecurity. The SCs , STs and some sections of the OBCs, who
have either poor land base or very low land productivity are prone to food
insecurity. The people affected by natural disasters who have to migrate to
other areas in search of work, are also among the most food insecure people. A
large proportion of pregnant and nursing mothers and children's under the age
of 5 years constitute an important segment of the food insecure population.
(iii) The food insecure people are disproportionately scattered our large
areas regions in the country.
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