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Hunger is the worst form of deprivation. At the 1996 World Food Summit, a commitment was made to achieve food security for all, eradicate hunger in all countries and have the number of people suffering from hunger and malnutrition by the year 2015. Even though India has achieved self-sufficiency in food grains, concerns remain in regard to food security and intra-household distribution. Over 207 million people were undernourished in 1996-8 due to inadequate ...
Urban Poverty in India takes stock of the present poverty scenario in India. It is divided in sections headlined issues and policies, women as marginalised subset among the urban poor, access to basic services, shelter for the urban poor, eradication and spatial distribution of urban poverty & urban poverty and Dalits. It attempts to identify workable practical measures to tackle urban poverty effectively. The problems requiring attention of urban planners, ...