Letter to BS: The existing public distribution system must be reformed

There is no shortage of food grain in India but there is an inability to conserve its food grains because of poor storage facilities

This refers to “The nutrition crisis” (October 17). It is shocking to read that India is slipping and ranked lower than our neighbours, and with sub-Saharan Africa in the Global Hunger Index. The public distribution system was one way of making food grains reach the poor but with Aadhaar being made mandatory, many might have missed out on receiving the benefits and some even succumbed to starvation. With nutritionally deficient and stunted children and now a dismal rank, we are looking at a gloomy future.  

Paradoxically, India has the dubious rank as the third most obese nation in the world after