Pandemic lessons: Delhi's quest to universalise food security

Kunduri, E.; Roy, S. N.; Sheikh, S.

Kunduri, E.; Roy, S. N.; Sheikh, S..

Economic and Political Weekly ; 56:33, 2021.

Article in English | CAB Abstracts | ID: covidwho-1602156

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How did India's capital of more than 20 million widen its food security net to reach underserved populations during the 2020 COVID-19 lockdown? Using publicly available data, government orders and insights from informal settlements, the article discusses the lessons from the Delhi government's food relief efforts on universalising food security benefits.

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Food, Economics, [EE116]; food, security; food, access; capital; government; settlement; Delhi; India; Commonwealth, of, Nations; lower-middle, income, countries; medium, Human, Development, Index, countries; South, Asia; Asia; New, Delhi; sedentarization

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