It has observed: ââ¬ÅThe percentage of rural household not getting enough food every day in some months of the year was the highest in West Bengal 10.6 per cent followed by Orissa 4.8 per cent and the least affected by food inadequacy were Haryana and Rajasthan. The proportion of those households who did not get enough food every day in any month of the year was highest in the State of Assam 3.6 per cent followed by Orissa and West Bengal 1.3 per cent each.ââ¬Â If we get the two figures togetherââ¬âof food inadequacy in some months of the year and every day in every month of the yearââ¬âWest Bengalââ¬â¢s will be the highest with 12 per cent of the rural households facing occasional or continuous hunger and starvation followed by acute morbidity and mortality. The comparable figures of the other two poor States of India, that is to say, Assam and Orissa are six per cent and seven per cent respectively.
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