Agricultural labourers in rural areas are the most food-deprived lot in the country. The 66th round of survey by the National Survey Sample Organisation (NSSO), released recently, states the percentage of agricultural labourers who do not get even two square meals a day during some months is more than twice that of rural households. The percentage is thrice more when figures of rural households not getting food throughout the year are considered.
While the number of vulnerable population has dropped drastically with the number of urban destitute number reaching zero, almost one per cent of rural households do not get two squares meals a day throughout the year.
