The root problem lies with us, the individual. We keep blaming others - the boom is in cities, the Central Govt did not distribute surplus food, banks are not giving money etc.
 But what can I do.. What can U do....no one seems to ask... My opinion. Each one of us in this Debate and forming chains accross our social network should adopt one family across the 20km radius of our town. Find one family and nurture them.. Just spend the extra money we spend on parties, extra junk food we eat, the money we waste a portion of it goes to the Sponsored family and see the wonder...
We as contributors to this debate can make a difference...Lets have our moderator as the Guiding Figure.

We are growing but focus should be on rural areas, which is not happening at a speed it requires to happen for such a large population base like ours.

Quite familier one but interesting.

The high growth of India has mainly in the urban areas and the growth has not been distributed to other semi urban or rural area so there is an unbalanced growth and improper distribution of wealth that has made the Indian mass poor and hungry. Added to this is the poor management of various development schemes that the government undertakes. it is said if there is a allocation of Rs.1000/- in a development scheme for a villager the villager receives only Rs.50 or 100/- such is the sad affair of the social development in India.

Due to widespread corruption and inadequate policy reforms directed at the agricultural sector by the government, the industrial growth that has occurred in India has not directly translated into hunger reduction among the masses. This can be tackled if a concerted effort is undertaken by the government with willing and able administrators.
Thanks for the referral, Pinky....

Pinky i agree with your view.

While we are talking about poverty & laws to fight with it..
I,v very funny thing to share " once I asked a labor of a subcontractor "why are you working only 2-3 days per week" this was his last three months record. he replied "sir i get Rs 270 for 3 days & i use to buy 50 kgs of rice @ Rs2/kg & i sell it out @ Rs 10-12/kg & spent rest of the week with my family at my villege happly"

 i agree with Pinky,only we can solve the hunger.

Yes... It's A Paradox... Even In Many Countries...

Yes Pinky, No Law can help. Only Proper measure by the govt.to ensure food security   through proper distribution system to the Below Poverty Line people. Even though we have adequate food grains, we are loosing heavily due to poor storage facility  & pests   problem & proper distribution system.  A professional panel to be setup in order to monitor the movement of food inflation & empowered to implement timely policies & measures  in order to curb the inflationary trend irrespective of any political party in power, No political interventions.  

Further, encourage agri based industries & small scale industries in rural areas & introduce agricultural reforms so that the semiskilled & unskilled people will get employment.

Any Indian will be be sorry to learn about the US report on large population remaining hungry even after speedy growth of the economy. China has overcome this problem of hunger. According to my analysis the main reason behind this anomaly is that 1.Chinese economy is much bigger than that of India with almost four times larger agricultural land compared to that of India. 2.Chinese growth momentum started  from 1978 compared to Indian growth momentum from 2003-04.3.The growth fulcrum in China is export of manufactured goods and agriculture. Since china had been facing problems of feeding a large population for a very long time the government of China addressed this problem at priority level. India produced enough food through green revolution in the seventeen onward and therefore did not worry much about this problem.The big chunk of middle class population in India who were English educated got the chance to enter into software education thanks to a large number of Indian professionals in US. They created chance for  employment opportunities for native Indians at comparatively much higher remuneration. This attracted educated and trained youths to concentrate on IT at the cost of advanced agriculture in  India.Even today the trend is so. As many comments here in this forum that India has enough food to eat but for corruption that is not reaching to the poor segment and is being wasted or eaten by others.  Economics emphasizes on  the principle of specialization to earn better from that sector wherein you have differential advantage over others and buy goods form others who have differential advantages in other goods or services. India and China both are following this principles of Economics by emphasizing on IT and export respectively. the problem of huger in India will not remain for long. This is projected more than it meets the eye.Very soon Indians will seen overcoming his problem. Americans should not forget that they have no problem of hunger because they hold the biggest fertile land in the world with comparatively very small population. India is earning how to to tackle all national  problems at a time and very soon demonstrate to the world that it has the capability to emerge on the top.
Microsolar Brain.

Thousand odd people assembled near Temples for alms , really, speak of Hunger. We need not to read through a report.
Hunger can not be removed by Government / NGO alone. Every individual need to realize his potential & contribute to one's neighborhood to sustain survival. Unless the individual comes out of the shell, to keep him fed, it is really difficult to eradicate it from society. Equal opportunity, in employment & earning for living help these individuals. 100 days employment scheme, reservation on the basis of economic criteria are the few to remove poverty & offer equality to downtrodden. But, still the question rest upon the individual. Policy makers role out policy. On the other hand, individual need to exercise one's skill for betterment with the help of the policy. Let govt alone do it, will not prove successful.
Thanx for referral Pinky & Sharad

This is because of high corruption that prevails in our country. The people in need are always betyraid.

really!.. a matter of shame. :(

In Indian case the growth talked of is for less than 2 percent populace. So afewe individuals have become rich yet the government appears pleased with its track record.

It is due to lack of policy for the growth of agriculture sector.
We must think for this 70% population who still living in rural areas & their main source of income is agriculture.

This problem cannot be solved unless we realize it. No law can be enforced to fight poverty..... Its in our hand to eradicate poverty and build a strong nation !!!  

Though we are an agricultural economy and our agri produce grows on year on year basis,there is so much of wastage caused by rats,also during transit and in storage points.The quantity wasted is very high which could be minimised and passed on to the deserving.

i support john's view

Yes, this is true, we should think about it.

Sharad, thanks for sharing.

NGOs and Charitable organizations have not been successful(as in other countries) in stepping into the role where the Govt has failed. There is plenty of food getting wasted in houses, restaurants etc and there are plenty of people who are hungry.

These are paradoxes  in growing  free economies. Food is available but the people at the bottom of pyramid do not have the purchasing power to be from Hunger. Government haplessly watches the rotting wheat. Free distribution create imbalances in the market economy.

MGNREGS is a very good scheme but our politician and bureaucrats will not allow the scheme to be successful as they need money to fight elections. May be India will one day show the world how the contradictions in equitable development under free market forces can be resolved.