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| COVID-19 has hit India’s urban poor more than those in villages |
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— Shagun Kapil
The novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic has left the urban poor in India poorer, more hungry and with less nutrition than their rural counterparts, a recent report has claimed.
Passage to the city had usually helped the urban poor in the country beat hunger, it added.
A large section of rural residents could cushion the blow of pandemic-driven economic disruption due to foodgrain via the public distribution system (PDS).
The urban poor’s access to such ration, however, was minimal, according to the report compiled by Hunger Watch.
Hunger Watch is a loose collection of social groups and movements. It came together for a periodic study of the actual status of hunger, food access and livelihood security among various disadvantaged populations in the wake of the country-wide lockdown in March 2020.
This is the first report of the collective, based on interviews with 3,994 households across 11 states. The data was collected in October 2020 and compared with pre-lockdown levels on the same parameters.
The report, released May 6, 2021, showed that on average, urban respondents reported a 15 percentage point worse condition than their rural counterparts across all important parameters...
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