Volunteers of an non-governmental organisation distribute food to people waiting to return home outside at a railway station during a lockdown to curb the spread of Covid-19 in Secunderabad, the twin city of Hyderabad on May 29, 2021. — AFP picNEW DELHI, May 30 — Rasheeda Jaleel lives in fear that she may not be able to feed her seven children as millions of Indian families are forced into poverty by a devastating new coronavirus wave.
“We manage with whatever my husband is able to earn. If it’s not enough, I stay hungry so I can feed my children.” “We have had a huge health crisis unfolding... and many have had to spend their life savings on trying to provide medical aid to their families.” “As parents, we will have to make ends meet somehow, whether we beg, borrow or steal. We have no choice.”In last year’s lockdown, about 100 million people lost their jobs in India. After restrictions were lifted, around 15 per cent failed to find employment by the end of 2020 — including 47 per cent of female workers, the Azim Premji University study found.
The Right to Food organisation has been campaigning for emergency food supplies to be given to the needy, even if they do not have ration cards.
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