Almost 50 years ago, Prime Minister Lal Bahadur Shastri went on air to appeal to Indians to skip a meal a day.
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[1] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/news/indias-shifting-food-bowls
[2] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/author/ravish-tiwari
[3] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/newspaper/india-today-new-delhi
[4] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/india
[5] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/agriculture
[6] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/punjab
[7] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/haryana
[8] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/andhra-pradesh
[9] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/rice
[10] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/food-crops
[11] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/madhya-pradesh
[12] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/wheat