This paper examines factors affecting calorie gap by accounting for the risk of calorie inadequacy or excess occurring at the tails of nutrient and food intakes. Non-linear estimations are conducted to further account for rural-urban differences in more and less developed states. Eliminating...

This paper finds that factors such as caste and religion influence food security at the regional level. Thus defining affirmative action within food security programs may be necessary as the current practice of designing food security programs around the poverty line is shown to deliver limited...