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Providing food
In the era of marketisation, public spending on social security sectors such as health and education has given way to spending on areas whose relevance to the immediate or long-term interests of the poor is not obvious.Supriya Raychowdhury on the rig ht to food.

A green patch in the desert
Battling starvation deaths amid unprecedented drought conditions, Rajasthan perhaps can find solace in the smooth working of its mid-day meal scheme for children. Sunny Sebastian reports.

Hungry still
The Government's efforts aimed at ensuring food security in the backward interiors of the State and schemes such as the food-for-work programme have not been of much help, says Prafulla Das.

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