| | It is widely accepted that the right to food forms one of the basic economic and
social rights essential to achieve ‘economic democracy’ in India. This right is nowhere near
realisation in India, where undernutrition levels are among the lowest in the world. The
right to food moreover, does not easily translate into well-defined entitlements and
responsibilities. Though serious difficulties are involved in making the right to food fully
justiciable, new interventions are possible in at least three ways – through legal
action, through democratic practice and through changing public perceptions. More
importantly, the right to food needs to be linked to other economic and social rights relating
to education, work, health and information, which together hold the promise of radical
change in public priorities and democratic politics.
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