States having the largest food insecure people in the country.

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Rajasthan & Uttar pradesh

West Bengal & Punjab

Maharashtra & Jharkhand

Chhattisgarh & Kerala

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States having the largest food insecure people in the country are Maharashtra and Jharkhand.
1)      It includes Economically backward states with a high incidence of poverty, tribal and remote areas, disaster-prone areas, etc.
2)      The states of Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Jharkhand, Odisha, West Bengal, Chhattisgarh, Parts of Madhya Pradesh, and Maharashtra account for the highest number of food insecure people in the country.
3)      Due to land-based or very low land productivity, the backward castes are very prone to food insecurity.
4)      The people who migrate from one place to another due to natural calamities are also affected by food insecurity.
5)      Very little or no land people are among the worst affected groups who do not get nutritious food.
6)      In urban areas, the members who are generally employed in the ill-paid occupation and casual labour market are facing this problem.

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