Rising food insecurity: Tackling hunger during the coronavirus crisis

Food insecurity is on the rise as subsidised food distributed via govt-run ration shops is not easily available to everyone

Napoleon once famously said that an army marches on its stomach. Many argue that the present countrywide lockdown is causing widespread poverty and consequent hunger, making it that much harder for the nation to fight the Covid-19 pandemic.

In this context, the work of Dilli Rozi Roti Adhikar Abhiyan (DRRAA), Right to Food Campaign in Delhi, is notable. For the last few years, this group of activists, academics and frontline field workers has been advocating on issues related to food security and monitoring Delhi’s public distribution system. Today, however, the good folk at DRRAA are working overtime. “In the last few