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Who are said to be unsecured people in rural and urban areas of India? Name the two states where the largest number of food unsecured people are found.
Answer:
Answer to be written in the exam:
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In the rural areas, affected groups are
landless people with little or no land to depend upon,
traditional artisans, providers of traditional services, petty self-employed workers, and destitute including beggars.
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In the
urban areas
, food insecure families are those whose working members are generally
employed in ill-paid occupations and the casual labor market.
These workers are largely engaged in seasonal activities and are paid very low wages that just ensure bare survival.
- The largest number of food unsecured people are found in the state of UP, Bihar, Jharkhand, Odisha, West Bengal, Chhattisgarh, parts of Madhya Pradesh, and Maharashtra.
