Poor transportation infrastructure.The regions with poorest access - Telengana, Jharkhand, Bihar, Vidharba are also the poor in terms of hunger. MP ranks the worst.Thus, better roads and railways is the key. Not coincidentally, the states with the best road access - Kerala, Punjab, Goa, Tamilnadu have the lowest hunger.Breakdown of institutional infrastructure.The said regions are also effectively lawless with both institutional apathy and Naxalism has ensured that poor don't get their due. And this is a vicious cycle. Very hard to solve.Economic growth can help a bit. There is a 75% leakage in government projectsPoor ID mechanisms.It is related to 2. In India, we don't know who is getting what benefits. UUID project (Aadhar) and technology can help in this to create nation wide identification.Tribals are hard to reach.A lot of affected people are tribals and they are at the wits end both from the economical side and the social side. For many of us it is hard to relate to their problems.

Our economy is still small.Measured as GDP per capita, we are among the poorest in the world - at $1000/per person. As a famous Tamil proverb goes - "there must be some food in the cooker to get something on your plate". There is not enough to spread the wealth around. To fix this, we need a massive push in economy targeting at 10%+ growth rates for 20+ years.