Food security or electoral security to Sonia?

The Food Security Bill presumes that India suffers from food insecurity. Yet, that is clearly false. True, NSSO surveys show a steady decline in calorie consumption per head over the last few decades, and Leftists like Utsa Patnaik have interpreted this as lack of food. However, the same surveys also ask the question, "Have you been hungry in some or all months of the year?" The ratio of people saying they are hungry was 15% back in 1983. It fell in 1993-94 to 5.5% in rural and 1.9% in urban areas.

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