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Title: FROM HUNGER TO HUMAN RIGHTS: STATE ACCOUNTABILITY IN THE CONTEXT OF POVERTY IN KBK REGION OF ODISHA
Authors: Dr. Radhanath Tripathy
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Dr. Radhanath Tripathy Associate Professor, Department of Political Science, Motilal Nehru College (E), University of Delhi
MLA 8 Tripathy, Dr. Radhanath. "FROM HUNGER TO HUMAN RIGHTS: STATE ACCOUNTABILITY IN THE CONTEXT OF POVERTY IN KBK REGION OF ODISHA." Int. j. of Social Science and Economic Research, vol. 4, no. 12, Dec. 2019, pp. 7469-7479, ijsser.org/more2019.php?id=570. Accessed Dec. 2019. APA 6 Tripathy, D. (2019, December). FROM HUNGER TO HUMAN RIGHTS: STATE ACCOUNTABILITY IN THE CONTEXT OF POVERTY IN KBK REGION OF ODISHA. Int. j. of Social Science and Economic Research, 4(12), 7469-7479. Retrieved from ijsser.org/more2019.php?id=570 Chicago Tripathy, Dr. Radhanath. "FROM HUNGER TO HUMAN RIGHTS: STATE ACCOUNTABILITY IN THE CONTEXT OF POVERTY IN KBK REGION OF ODISHA." Int. j. of Social Science and Economic Research 4, no. 12 (December 2019), 7469-7479. Accessed December, 2019. ijsser.org/more2019.php?id=570.
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Abstract: Unhindered access to food and other necessities of life are the prerequisites to live a dignified life, must be enjoyed as a matter of right to be guaranteed by the state not as a matter of charity or conferment of privileges. The primary responsibility to feed the poor and make life supporting facilities available to them lies with the state. It is a constitutional as well as a moral obligation of the state to assist those in distress and ensure basic livelihood to one and all. Indian state, even after seven decades of its independence, has still been struggling to meet the basic needs of more than 300 million people who live 'below poverty line' (BPL). India ranks poorly at 103 out of a total 132 countries in the Global Hunger Index (GHI)2018.The most alarming fact is that, despite numerous anti-poverty programmes and schemes to eradicate food insecurity and ensure nutrition, such as mid-day Meal Schemes, Integrated Child Development Services (ICDS), Public Distribution System (PDS), Antyodaya Anna Yojana (AAY),etc. and the statute of National Food Security Act (NFSA), 2013, incidents of hunger, starvation, distress sale of children and mal-nutrition related deaths are reported in regular intervals in certain pockets of India.Such appalling inhuman incidents reveal the abject destitution, absolute deprivation and deep vulnerability of poor people, shock the human conscience and violate the basic economic rights of the poorest of the poor. Most importantly, such incidents have exposed the failure of government in addressing the root causes of poverty and question the very legitimacy of a democratic state. This paper, taking the experiences of poverty eradication by state in the KBK (Kalahandi- Balangir-Koraput) region of Odisha, argues that poverty, hunger and starvation deaths, are the product of poor governance andstate failure to integrate 'rights-based approach' to the developmental strategy and poverty eradication programmes.

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