Year: 2018 | Month: June | Volume 4 | Issue 1
Status of Food Security in West Bengal: A Study Based on NSSO Unit Level Data
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Abstract:
In this paper we attempt to analyse the status of food insecurity of West Bengal on the basis of NSSO unit level data for the years 2004-05 and 2011-12. In West Bengal, 32.2 per cent people were food insecure in 2004-05 which reduced to 20.1 per cent in 2011-12. In rural West Bengal the share of food insecure people decreased from 35.4 per cent in 2004-05 to 22 per cent in 2011-12. It also decreased in urban India. Our subgroup analysis points out that across the social groups the vulnerabilities were relatively high for STs and SCs than the others. Along with the economic factors the social and demographic factors were also equally important for the food insecurity of the households. The incidence of food insecurity decreased with the increase of the years of schooling, age of the head, and per capita cultivable land of the household. The status of employment and the choice of consumption basket of the households have also played an important role for the food security.
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