STILL, WHY MILLIONS GO HUNGRY ?

29 July 2011

STILL,  WHY  MILLIONS  GO  HUNGRY  ?

Following is the current scenario of food grains in India :

  

·      Food grain production :

·     2009 – 10  ………………….  218 million tons

·     2010 -  11  ………………….  241 million tons

  

·      Stocks held ( as on June 2011 ) :

·     65.5 million tons

  

·      Food grains needed by 2020-21

·     281 million tons

  

·      Additional storage capacity approved on 15 July,2011 :

·     15.2 million tons

  

·     Annual wastage of food grains due to rotting in open:

·     55 million tons – valued at $ 12.2 billion ( as per Colin Gonsalves-Civil Rights Lawyer )

  

It is not difficult to see why 3 million people ( mostly children ) die of starvation in India every year !

And given the current generation of corrupt / criminal politicians having powerful vested interest in maintaining status quo, a 100 million children will die of starvation before things change for better !

May be India is another Somalia in making !

With regards

Hemen Parekh