A report issued by the UN food Agency says that a record one billion people worldwide are hungry due to food shortage or spiraling food price. It is a wake up call to maximize food production which calls for preserving agricultural lands and also efficient water management. What we see in most of the under developed and developing countries is a lack of discipline and cooperation, besides unending rivalry between political parties which most often end up in violence and blood shed.
The report on India seems to be superficial since it says that hunger exists in India not because there is no sufficient food in India but because people cannot access it. The fact is India pays special attention to people below poverty line (BPL) by making available several food items at very concessional rates through the state-run cooperative stores.
I think all BPL Indians should be moved to TN and given a ration card – with two (or is it one) rupees (rough equivalent of two US cents) for a kilo of rice, povery wouldnt prevail, but the government coffers might sure go empty 🙂 But, then you could always tax the growing upper middle class (which is a deceptive class, high time we called them Rich) of India to refill the coffers.