With this war, the contribution of cooking fuel costs to the overall cost of meal preparation is likely to rise substantially; along with the possible rise in food prices, this will further reduce the affordability of a healthy diet
Kalyani Raghunathan, Dipa Sinha, Rajendran Narayanan write: There is a need to acknowledge the problem of food insecurity and take immediate action, including allocating sufficient resources to address the issue
What is disturbing is that in the middle of the current crisis some are now calling for a massive downsizing of the PDS and a shift to cash transfers in place of foodgrains.
