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Right to food: Getting it right [1]

CONDITIONAL CASH TRANSFER & FOOD COUPONS HOLD KEY TO SUCCESS
DESPITE RECORDING AN AVERAGE GROwth of 8.5% in the five years to 2009-10, poverty and malnutrition still remain daunting in the country. Nearly 41.6% Indians live on less than $1.25 a day and 43.5% of under-five children are underweight.

Publication Date: 
02/12/2010
Ashok Gulati [2], Kavery Ganguly [3]
Economic Times (New Delhi) [4]
Tags:
Food Policy [5], Food Supply [6], India [7], Poverty [8], Food Security [9], National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (NREGA) [10]

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[8] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/poverty
[9] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/food-security
[10] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/national-rural-employment-guarantee-act-nrega