Question : MISSION HUNGER FREE INDIA



(a) whether there is any mission `Hunger Free India` to be completed by the year 2007;

(b) if so, the details thereof including the steps taken for achieving the same;

(c) the details of national and international agencies/Departments/Ministries associated with the aforesaid task;

(d) the details of the `Hunger hot spots` of the country identified as a part of the said mission; and

(e) the action taken, if any, to end poverty induced `chronic hunger` and the `transient hunger` caused by drought and natural calamities, as on today?

Answer given by the minister

MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF URBAN DEVELOPMENT & POVERTY ALLEVIATION ( SHRI PON RADHAKRISHNAN )

(a)to(e): The information is being collected and will be laid on the Table of the Sabha.