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How India has done on key areas of roti, kapda, makaan since Independence

Per capita availability of foodgrains was 394.9 grams per day in 1951. This has increased to 506.1 grams, according to provisional 2017 figures based on the latest economic survey data

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Sachin P Mampatta
From the time that India depended on food supplies from the United States of America to feed its people to a period of relative self-sufficiency after the green revolution, India has moved in various ways to ensure that its people jave enough to eat. The average Indian now has around 28 per cent more food available than what he had around the time of Independence, shows an examination of government data.

Per capita availability of foodgrains was 394.9 grams per day in 1951. This has increased to 506.1 grams, according to provisional 2017 figures based on the