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Revision note: Poverty, Hunger and Food Security: Measurement, PDS and Nutrition

  • Hunger: undernourishment, hidden hunger, undernutrition; FAO food security: availability, access, utilisation, stability
  • Poverty lines: Alagh 1979 (2400/2100 kcal), Lakdawala 1993, Tendulkar 21.9% (2011–12), Rangarajan 29.5%
  • NITI MPI: 24.85% (2015–16) → 14.96% (2019–21); ~13.5 crore exited
  • FCI 1965; TPDS 1997; AAY 2000; PUCL 2001; NFSA 2013 (75% rural, 50% urban; 5 kg / 35 kg AAY; free from Jan 2023)
  • Reforms: ePoS, ONORC, fortified rice; Shanta Kumar Committee 2015
  • NFHS-5: stunting 35.5%, wasting 19.3%, underweight 32.1%, child anaemia 67.1%
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