Advisor to the Supreme Court Commissioner

Supreme Court Orders Referring to Starvation 

• The prevention of hunger and starvation is one of the prime responsibilities of the Government. (Supreme Court Order dated 20 August 2001)
• Starvation deaths would be taken as evidence of the status of the implementation of orders relevant to the Right to Food case. Chief Secretaries may be held responsible for said incident. (Supreme Court Order dated 29 October 2002)
• The Central Government and State Governments are directed to ensure that Antyodaya Anna Yojana is extended to the destitute segment of the population. (Supreme Court Order dated 29 October 2002)

                                                                Source: http://www.sccommissioners.org/Starvation/starvation.html

Case study on Starvation death in last few years in Bihar

See report please click links below:

( http://www.adrive.com/public/27f7f8646f0692a3efe643aa80eb308bd26db8cc974aa39c93227a6cfadd42f9.html ) 

http://www.sccommissioners.org/Starvation/Bihar_briefreportstarvationdeath_0809.pdf