Unsolved Issue of Hunger in India
P.C.OutlookIndia The issue of hunger in India could be justified with the suggestive phrase of French Political Scientist Jean Francois Bayart, that is " " the politics of the belly". T he Annual Hunger Index,2020 provides the evidence where India stands as one of the least performing state, ranking at 94th out of 107th countries under the "serious" category. And which will not take much time to degrade to "alarming category" if proper measures are not taken as soon as possible. The pandemic and consequent lockdown have severely affected daily wage earners and migrant laborers. Why hunger is a political issue? The foremost answer rooted in the Constitution of India. The preamble itself uphold that India is a sovereign, socialist, republic, secular and democratic nation . And every democratic country have their own provisions of welfare schemes. India is the biggest democracy with 1.38 Billion population, in the world. But the unwillingness of