Topic: Issues relating to poverty and hunger.
4. Despite various interventions to tackle hunger in the country, the issue continues to be persistent sore in the nation’s food security, undermining its developmental goals. Comment. (250 words)
Difficulty level: Moderate
Reference: IndianExpress
Why the question: The Right to Food Campaign and associated organisations had conducted the first Hunger Watch survey (HW-I). Covering close to 4,000 people in 11 states, the survey highlighted the extent of widespread hunger and a deterioration in the quality of diets compared to the pre-pandemic period.
Key Demand of the question: To write about the reasons for lingering hunger in the country, despite various measures and suggest reforms to rectify it.
Directive word:
Comment– here we must express our knowledge and understanding of the issue and form an overall opinion thereupon.
Structure of the answer:
Introduction:
Begin by giving the statistic about the widespread nature of hunger and food insecurity in the country.
Body:
First, Explain the various schemes and measures aimed towards elimination hunger in India – National Food Security mission, Poshan abhiyaan and Antyodaya Anna Yojana etc.
Next, write about the causes for limitations in the above efforts– disruption in food systems, dried-up income sources, job losses and consequent financial hardships etc. Bring outs it impact.
Next suggest reforms that are needed to overcome the above.
Conclusion:
Conclude by writing a way forward.
