Status of food and welfare schemes in Madhya Pradesh: a report
Recent report on the status of food and welfare schemes that are being monitored by the Supreme Court of India under the Right to Food case (no. 196 of 2001). It shows what is missing, what is moving & what has to be done and where in various state welfare programs to ensure that people at margin enjoy their entitlements with dignity.
The findings of each scheme even within each agro-climatic zone are varied enough to prevent easy summarization, save for one: the implementation of the respective schemes on the whole show the true earnestness and urgency of the state and central government in addressing the problems surrounding food in
Madhya Pradesh. So carefully have these schemes been planned and implemented in the last few years that conditions of hunger in Madhya Pradesh, especially amongst its dalit and tribal communities and among women and children, are far direr than ever before. This study shows the way that what is missing, what is moving and what has to be done and where in various state welfare programs to ensure that people at margin enjoy their entitlements with dignity.