Impact of Weather Shock on Food Insecurity: A Study on India
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Table 2 Spatial variations in
food insecurity in India
States/UT
Food insecurity a
All India
27.68
Goa
0
Tripura
0
Puducherry
2.80
Chandigarh
3.53
Nagaland
3.64
Jammu & Kashmir
4.44
Daman & Diu
10.17
Mizoram
11.54
Punjab
12.16
Arunachal Pradesh
13.84
Delhi
14.91
Manipur
17.05
Gujarat
18.21
Sikkim
18.69
Andhra Pradesh
20.47
Himachal Pradesh
20.66
West Bengal
21.11
Karnataka
21.39
Haryana
22.04
Rajasthan
23.01
Assam
24.72
Dadra & Nagar Haveli
25.00
Kerala
25.61
Uttar Pradesh
30.15
Uttarakhand
32.48
Maharashtra
33.48
Tamil Nadu
34.91
Madhya Pradesh
37.98
Jharkhand
40.45
Bihar
43.24
Odisha
45.77
Meghalaya
52.24
Chhattisgarh
58.23
Source Calculated by the authors from IHDS-II
Note a Food insecurity represents %age of food insecure sample
households