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Starvation deaths in India
Venela, 5 yrs (f) Santhosh, 5 yrs (m), Anantapur Andhra Pradesh (Died on 28 April 2019 and October 2018) - Starved to death after resorting to eating mud. No Aadhar so no ration card
outlookindia.com/newsscroll/two… (1)

Ramsurat, 50 yrs (m), Nalanda, June 2016, Dalit; had reportedly not eaten for 10-20 days; survived by an 8 year old son web.archive.org/web/2016061815… (2)

Jobha Majhi, 60 yrs (m), Sheikhpura, Bihar, (Died 25 March 2016) Musahar (Mahadalit) Hadnt eaten for 2 days prior to death telegraphindia.com/states/bihar/p… (3)

Govinda 5 years, (m), Aishwarya/Munni, 2 yrs (f) Koransarai, Bihar (Died on 26 August and
1 September, 2018)Musahar (Dalit); father in prison. Family had PDS ration card, but unable to get Aadhaar card, no rations for 8 months; No work under NREGA bhaskar.com/bihar/patna/ne…
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Manoj Kunwar, 47 yrs (m) Motipur, Bihar (died on 26 October, 2018) dominant caste; Family lived in hunger. Family members did not eat for 4 days before death. Did not get ration in September. prabhatkhabar.com/news/muzaffarp… (5)

Pavan Kumar, 50 yrs (m), Muzaffarpur, Bihar (Died on 23 November, 2018), Dominant caste Upper caste; Family lived in hunger. Pavan stopped working as a daily labourer because of weakness. Did not have ration card and Aadhaar. bhaskar.com/bihar/muzaffar… (6)

Shiv Kumar Majhi, 4 yrs (m), Surguja, Chhattisgarh (Died on May 2015) Adivasi?, Family PDS ration card was cancelled; father worked as casual labourer, the family did not have a ration card; possibly PDS card was cancelled indianexpress.com/article/india/… (7)

Jungle Singh, age unknown (m) Pendra Block, Bilaspur, Chhattisgarh (Died on 27 May 2015) Dalit or Adivasi; reportedly did not have a single grain in his stomach as per post mortem report. indianexpress.com/article/india/… (8)

Lambu Ram, 60 yrs (m) Bagicha, Jashpur, Chhattisgarh (Died October 2015) Adivasi; had to mortgage PDS ration card to meet medical expenses for his father, never got card back. catchnews.com/india-news/tri… (9)

Paro, 2 yrs, Shikha, 4 yrs, and Mansi 8 yrs (f) Mandavali, East Delhi, Delhi (Died 25 July, 2018) Mother was mentally unstable, father unemployed used to operate cycle rickshaw, did not have a ration card. Post mortem confirmed drive.google.com/file/d/1WAe3SI… (10)

Indradeo Mali, 40 yrs (m), Hazaribagh, Jharkhand (Died December 2016) Dalit; No food cooked in house since three days before death. Family did not get ration for two months preceding death. hindi.news18.com/news/jharkhand… (11)

Santoshi Kumari, 11 years (f), Simdega, Jharkhand, Dalit; Santoshi’s family was denied ration for six months preceding her death. Its ration card was deleted as it was not linked with an Aadhaar. drive.google.com/file/d/1kOfe8S… (12)

Baijnath Ravidas, 40 yrs (m), Jharia, Dhanbad, Jharkhand (Died 21 October, 2017) Dalit; rickshaw puller, applied for PDS ration card many times, but did not get it. Family got ration card after his death, his wife awaits widow pension news18.com/news/india/six… (13)

Lalita Kunwar, 45 yrs (f), Garhwa, Jharkhand (Died October 2017) Adivasi; Lalita’s family was denied ration for six months preceding her death. prabhatkhabar.com/news/crime/sto… (14)

Premani Kunwar, 64 yrs (f) Garhwa, Jharkhand (Died 1 December 2017) OBC; Her social security pension redirected to someone else’s bank account linked with Aadhaar. Did not receive her ration in Nov 2017 even after authentication. drive.google.com/file/d/1gn4z85… (15)

Etwariya Devi, 67 yrs (f) Garhwa, Jharkhand (Died 25 December 2017) OBC; Etwariya’s family was denied its ration due to ABBA failure. In Dec 2017 she did not receive her pension, allegedly due to authentication failure. (16)

Budhni Soren, 40 yrs (f), Giridih, Jharkhand (Died on 13 January 2018) Adivasi; Budhni was not issued a ration card (possibly as she did not have Aadhaar). She was not issued a widow pension. timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/ranchi/wo… (17)

Lukhi Murmu, 30 yrs (f) Pakur, Jharkhand (Died 23 January, 2018) Adivasi; Lukhi’s family was denied ration since Oct 2017 due to ABBA failure. drive.google.com/file/d/11q2qBn… (18)

Sarthi Mahtain, age unclear (f) Dhanbad, Jharkhand (Died on 29 April, 2018 Sarthi was denied her ration and pension as she could not go to the ration shop or bank for Aadhar Based Biometric Authentication (ABBA) due to illness.jagran.com/jharkhand/dhan… (19)

Savitri Devi Mahto, 55 yrs (f) Giridih, Jharkhand (Died on 2 June, 2018) OBC; Savitri’s family was not issued a ration card. She did not receive her pension as her account was not linked with Aadhaar. drive.google.com/file/d/1FeymZ6… (20)

Mina Musahar, 45 yrs (f) Jamtara, Jharkhand (Died on 24 July, 2018) Adivasi; Rajendra’s family was not issued a ration card. It also did not get social security pension entitled to particularly vulnerable tribes. Died of destitution. ndtv.com/india-news/tri… (21)

Chintaman Malhar, 40 yrs (m) Ramgarh, Jharkhand (Died on 14 June, 2018) Musahar (Dalit); Chintaman’s family was not issued a ration card. The entire village was also deprived of rations, pensions and other basic entitlements.drive.google.com/file/d/12LLztq… (22)

Lalji Mahto, 70 yrs (m) Jamtara, Jharkhand (Died on 10 July, 2018) OBC; He did not receive his pension for the previous three months jagran.com/jharkhand/jamt… (23)

Rajendra Birhor, 39 yrs (m) Ramgarh, Jharkhand (Died on 24 July, 2018) Adivasi; Rajendra’s family was not issued a ration card. It also did not get social security pension entitled to particularly vulnerable tribes. Died of destitution. ndtv.com/india-news/tri… (24)

Chamtu Sabar, 45 yrs (m) Dhalbhumgarh, Jharkhand, (Died on 16 September, 2018) Particularly Vulnerable Tribal Group, no food in the house for the 4-5 days before he died. Entitled to Antyodaya card (as PVTG) but did not have one. Suffered from TB.prabhatkhabar.com/news/ranchi/st… (25)

Seeta Devi, 75 yrs(f) Jharkhand, (Died on 25 October, 2018) Lived alone. Did not eat for four days before death, no grain or money at home. No ration in October. Not enrolled in social security pensions as she did'nt have Aadhaar-linked bank account. jagran.com/jharkhand/guml… (26)

Kaleshwar Soren, 45 yrs (m) Jama,Jharkhand, (Died on 11 Nov 2018) Family’s ration card cancelled as not linked with Aadhaar. Lived alone, extreme deprivation. All children worked as unskilled workers. Family land, oxen and sold off or mortgaged. jagran.com/jharkhand/dumk… (27)

Budhni Birjiyan, 80 yrs (f) Mahuadanr, Jharkhand, (Died on 1 Jan 2019) (Adivasi) Physically handicapped. Family did not have ration card despite having applied multiple times. Eligible for 35 kg grains under AAY for PVTG families. No Aadhar drive.google.com/drive/folders/… (28)

Motka Majhi, 50 yrs (m) Jama, Jharkhand, (Died on 22 May 2019) (Adivasi) PVTG family entitled to AAY. Denied ration as fingerprints did not work in PoS machine. Needed work but did not get under NREGA as the family did not have a job card.newsclick.in/jharkhand-trib… (29)

Ramcharan Munda, 65 yrs (m) Latehar, Jharkhand, (Died on 5 June 2019) (Adivasi) No food was cooked for 3 days at home. Denied ration for 3 months as no internet connectivity at PDS inspite of several requests for offline service. newswing.com/for-three-days… (30)

Jhingur Bhuiyan, 42 yrs (m) Kanhichatti, Jharkhand (Died on 16 June 2019) (Dalit) Death due to prolonged illness and lack of food. Family did not have a ration card. Had applied for it multiple times.indianexpress.com/article/india/… (31)

Narayan 55yrs, Subbu 52 yrs, Venkatrama 46 yrs (m) Gokarna, Karnataka (Died on 2 Jul, 8 Jul and 13 Jul, 2017) Dalit brothers, Family denied ration for six months preceding their death. Their ration card was deleted as it was not linked with Aadhaar. thequint.com/news/india/alc… (32)

Anand, child (m) Majhgavan, Satna, Madhya Pradesh (Died on September 2018) Adivasi, not getting PDS grain since 3 months; had been admitted to Nutritional Rehabilitation Centre, but relapsed; hindi.news18.com/news/madhya-pr… (33)

Ratan Kumar, 8 yrs (m) Sendhwa, MP, (Died on 30 Sept 2019) Five members hungry since days. No food at home. Parents manual labourers; did not get work. Ratan hospitalised with diarrhoea. Died in hospital. Family did not have ration card. janjwar.com/post/an-8-year… (34)

Lalit Rangari, 36 yrs (f) Gondiya, Maharashtra (Died on July 2015) Dalit; widow, two children, one of whom is visually disabled.indiatoday.in/india/story/bo… (35)

Govinda Gawai, 65 yrs (m) Malkapur, Maharashtra (Died on 22 September 2018) Family denied ration for two months as ration card was not linked with Aadhaar. Tried unsuccessfully for three days to get ration card linked to Aadhaar.drive.google.com/file/d/1vIb8Be… (36)

Bishnu Charan, 65 yrs (m) Rajnagar Block, Kendrapara, Odisha (Died on October 2015) Name was struck off PDS ration card list during NFSA rollout. Had two sons, one was disabled and married; odishasuntimes.com/name-struck-of… (37)

Suadei, 55 yrs (f) Ghutupali village, Bolangir, Odisha (Died on 8 December 2015) Did not get PDS grain the month she died.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/Starvati… (38)

TK Mohananda, 65 yrs (m) Komna block, Odisha, (Died on 14 December 2015) Dalit, landless. Has two mentally challenged children. Was AAY beneficiary earlier, but name was struck off PDS ration card list during NFSA rollout. thehindu.com/news/national/… (39)

Khetrabasi Pradhan, 80 yrs (m) Daspalla, Odisha (Died on March 2016) Could not get pension because age was wrongly recorded on voter card odishasuntimes.com/80-year-old-ma… (40)

Rankanidhi Khura, 39 yrs (M) Balichhara village, Odisha (Died on 25 March 2017) mentally challenged person lived with aged mother and brother (also mentally challenged). Family didn’t have PDS card or pension depended on mother. newindianexpress.com/states/odisha/… (41)

Gobind Behera, age unclear (m) Shantipada, Binjhapur, Jajpur(Died on 20 May 2017) Living alone after wife’s death and was surviving on the food provided by neighbours odishasuntimes.com/deprived-of-go… (42)

Kunti Sahu, 35 yrs (f) Khaprakhol, Odisha (Died on 28 July 2018) Kharra (Dalit), died on Harishankar road railway station, lived there with her mother, survived by begging, which she could not do for 2 months due to illness. drive.google.com/file/d/14BkEzE… (43)

Kundru Nag, 68 years (f) Khuntapalli, Sadar Block, Bargarh, Odisha (Died on 12 June 2018) Elderly widow, husband and wife received Rs. 300 as pension; denied PDS grain on Antyodaya card. scroll.in/article/884496… (44)

Mungre Chhura, 59 yrs (f) Jairpada, Bongomunda, Bolangir, Odisha (Died on 22 August, 2018) Dom (Dalit); widowed 5-7 years ago, did not get pension, had PDS ration card, before rollout of NFSA, but deprived after. card.newindianexpress.com/states/odisha/… (45)

Jugan Behara, 63 yrs (m) Odagaon, Nayagadh district, Odisha (Died on 13 October 2018) OBC; Visually impaired. Lived alone. Did not own any asset except a few clothes. Did not get cooked food or medical help for a couple of days before his death drive.google.com/file/d/1JXHaIO… (46)

Chunni Bai, 75 yrs (f) Rajsamand, Rajasthan (Died on 27 September 2018) She and her husband did not eat for 5 days before her death. No ration or pensions for the last 2 months as fingerprints could not be authenticated on Aadhaar-based ePOS machine. timesofindia.indiatimes.com/home/sunday-ti… (47)

Shrikant Dixit, 40 yrs (m) Barabanki, UP (Died on June 2016) Post-mortem report found 50gms of food in his stomach. Found emaciated india.com/news/india/ema… (48)

Nathu Prasad 40 yrs (m) Naraini, Banka, UP (Died on 1 May 2016) Dalit; had reportedly not eaten for four days, en route to the PDS shop with sister-in-law when he died. thehindu.com/news/national/… (49)

Dharmendra, 28 yrs (m) Soraon tehsil, Allahabad, UP (Died on 23 October, 2016) Dalit, “did not possess the Aadhaar card which is required to procure the subsidised ration card for families below the poverty line”, dailymail.co.uk/indiahome/indi… (50)

Subhash Singh, 42 yrs (m) Dudahi, Kushinagar, UP (Died on 10 April, 2017) A week before he died, the dealer refused them PDS grain, had not eaten for four days, m.patrika.com/kushinagar-new… (51)

Shakina, 50 years (f) Bareilly, UP (Died on 14 November, 2017) Paralysed, weak, had Antyodaya card. The family had been denied ration under the PDS for November, because Shakina was too unwell to be even taken to the shop in a rickshaw for ABBA. ndtv.com/india-news/bar… (52)

Nem Chand, 42 yrs (m) Kudaria Ikhlaspur, Bareilly, UP (Died on 4 January, 2018) No food in the past three days, used to work as barber but stopped after he suffered from paralytic stroke timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/bareilly/… (53)

Amir Jahan, 36 yrs, f Moradabad, UP (Died on 25 January, 2018) Had applied for, but not been issued PDS ration card; family was given one after she passed away drive.google.com/file/d/1ke9-0v… (54)

Khushi, 8 yrs (f) Vedai village, UP (Died on10 September, 2018) Father worked as a labourer, without work for 2 months. Family had not eaten for a week, no ration card. Annu, her younger sister also fell unconscious, and was critical thewire.in/rights/starvat… (55)

Sangeeta, 30 yrs (f), Suraj, 8 yrs (m)
Daughter, 2m (f) Dudahi, UP (Died on 6 and 11 September, 2018 ) Musahar (Dalit) family, Mother and son died first and a week later 2 month old baby girl died, ndtv.com/video/news/new… (56)

Fenku, 22 yrs, Pappu 16 yrs (m) Padrauna, Kushinagar, UP (Died on 12-13 September, 2018) Musahar (Dalit) brothers, used to get seasonal work as brick kiln workers, were weak and began to remain unwell. Died on two consecutive days. hindi.newsclick.in/garaibai-aura-… (57)

Malikhe, 45 yrs (m) Sitapur, UP (Died on 21 September, 2018) Had applied for, but did not get, a ration card. They had difficulties in getting it ‘online’. dbnews.in/post/Burnt-sto… (58)

Saryu Devi, 75 yrs (f) Rae Bareli, UP (Died on 27 December 2018) Had AAY card. Denied grains in December due to issues related to Aadhaar-linkage with her ration card and failure of Aadhaar-based biometric authentication at ration shop.amarujala.com/lucknow/old-la… (59)

Reema Kumar, 6 yrs (f), Beepat Musahar, 28 yrs (m), Bhadari Kumari, 17 yrs (f), Sudarshan Musahar, 30 yrs (m), Badami Devi, 28 yrs (f) Dudahi, Kushinagar (Died on August 2019) (Dalit); Extreme destitution. Did not have food at home. nationalheraldindia.com/india/rat-eate… (60)

Surath Kumar Gayen, 63 yrs (m) Bhatpara, West Bengal (Died on 24 March, 2018) His family stopped receiving PDS grains after he was missed during the 2017 digitization drive. Did not receive pension due to lack of Aadhaar drive.google.com/file/d/1z7C7DY… (61)

Bimla Pandey, 68 yrs (f) Puruliya, West Bengal (Died on 9 August, 2018) Dominant caste; Widow, did not have ration card or pension, survived by begging and could not beg due to incessant rain indianexpress.com/article/cities… (62)