Corruption and Hunger
Corruption is both a major cause and
a result of poverty and hunger around the world. It is increasing day by day
even after enforcing various laws. It occurs at all levels of society. Sheer
greed and sought of luxurious lifestyle has made our politicians and officials
deeply corrupt. Poor are hardly hit by the corruption at various levels. It has
lead to Price rise, Poverty and above all Hunger. Price rise has made the poor
people incapable of buying even the basic food grains. Studies have revealed
that poor governance and corruption is leading to widespread hunger in India
and other developing nations. Here are some facts about the relation of
corruption and hunger.
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The
Indian government has not given priority to food security has caused widespread
hunger. The corrupt officials do not enforce the policies and programs related
to the right to food for the poor. Food Security Bill has not been approved
till date due to political interests of various parties.
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Another
important reason for growing hunger is poor management of food grains. Rotten
food grains found in several states, that should have been delivered to the
poor, shows that these Ministers and Officials care very little about the
hunger of poor people.
·
India
record amongst the highest child malnutrition and maternal mortality rates in
Asia. The government's do not address the main causes of child malnutrition,
instead often resorting to denial about the fact that malnutrition is behind
the deaths of children.
·
There
is complete lack of political will to ensure food self-sufficiency for the
poor. Farmers are being forced to cultivate in smaller areas of land or even
evicted from their land completely, increasing poverty and hunger. The
government and third parties are taking over natural resources, including land,
in the name of development leading to scarcity of food.
·
The corrupt govt. ministers and officials
who only think of them, don’t take any action to counter crop lost due to
floods or
droughts. They do not work on the methods to avoid price rise in case of less
supply of the food grains.
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The
corruption has also lead to the rise of the middlemans who share the loot of
the food prices. The farmers who grow food grains never gets good price.
However the same food grain is available on high rate in the market. High rate
of food grain lead to the less consumption of food by the poors keeping them
hungry. Hunger leads to diseases like malnutrition and Anemia.
No people should die for hunger. This will possible only if
corruptions at all levels are eradicated. Removal or elimination of corruption
could be a possible in short time but by the following measures we can reduce
it.
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by
educating people
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by
more young men from good educated backgrounds involving themselves into
politics
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by
encouraging people to speak up whenever they see injustice or corruption any
where its there countrty its my country its ours....
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departments
should opened to look over the flaws in the system and random actions should be
taken .
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By
making strong laws against corruption
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