People without food: There is no denying the fact that a section of the people of India are still without food. In rural areas, the landless people, the traditional artisans, petty seIf-employed workers, destitutes and beggars are always prone to food insecurity. In urban areas too, the casual labourers, workers employed in ill paid occupations, workers engaged in seasonal activities are still with very little or no food at certain part of the year. During a Calamity, the position of not only the above classes become from bad to worse but many people who become a victim of any calamity also have to face starvation. No doubt, the government has devised many alleviation programmes for the help of the affected persons but sometimes such help reaches quite late and sometimes due to inefficient and corrupt officials such help never reaches them.