National Academy of Agricultural Sciences (NAAS)
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PRINT ISSN : 2319-7692 Online ISSN : 2319-7706 Issues : 12 per year Publisher : Excellent Publishers Email : editorijcmas@gmail.com / submit@ijcmas.com Editor-in-chief: Dr.M.Prakash Index Copernicus ICV 2018: 95.39 NAAS RATING 2020: 5.38 |
Food security has been a matter of concern in due to the global food crisis and rising food prices. For the urban poor, access to food is low due to high unorganized or informal sector employment which fetches low as well as irregular income. A major concern of any Government today is to avert deprivation and find some sustainable livelihood opportunities for the most neglected sections of the society. Government of Karnataka introduced Indira canteens, a chain of fast food joints for the urban poor to mitigate food insecurity in Bengaluru managed by BBMP. Our sample size consist of 30 respondents at different Indira canteen of which 66.66 per cent of respondents are at the age of 26-40 and more than 66.00 per cent are male respondents. Majority of the of the respondents (90 per cent) are educated at below metric level and 96.66 per cent of respondents are working in unorganised sector’s like street vendors, taxi drivers, daily labours, construction workers and security guards. Two out of every three respondents have monthly income of less than Rs.10000. 76.67 per cent of the respondents opined that the food supplying is of sufficient quantity to eat at the Indira canteens. And also majority of the respondents (28/30) opined that the food supplying is of above average and good quality. Two out of every three respondents visit Indira canteens daily for their food need. Average daily savings due to setting up of Indira canteen 78.66 per cent over the previous expenditure of food security and of which 66.66 per cent of the saved money is being utilized for spending on sufficient quantities of fruits, vegetables and milk, which will improve the food and nutritional security. Remaining saved money is being utilized for medical, education and other needs, which would improve the socio-economic status of the urban poor.
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