Healthy diet unaffordable for 36% of Indians in 2025, says KPMG report
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- ✓A KPMG report says 35.5 per cent of India’s population could not afford a healthy diet in 2025.
- ✓Despite surplus food production, many people face nutritional gaps.
- ✓Nikhil Sethi said, "The next challenge is ensuring that nutritious food is accessible, affordable and convenient for every citizen." Poor storage remains a concern.
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KPMG report highlights that around 35.5 per cent of India's population cannot afford a healthy diet despite surplus food production.
Around 35.5 per cent of India's population, approximately 520.1 million people, could not afford a healthy diet in 2025, according to a report released by KPMG in India a few days ago.
The report, titled 'Future of Food Systems: Preparing for the Next Frontier', says that India's daily per capita food consumption remains approximately 20 per cent below prescribed requirements, despite food production being around 36 per cent above normative requirements.
"The challenge for India is not simply more production but ensuring that affordable and nutritious food reaches the right person, at the right place and time without placing an unsustainable burden on natural resources or farmers," the report said.
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