Food insecurity is another problem which is quite eminent in India. One of the aspects of food insecurity is hunger. There are two types of hunger - chronic hunger and seasonal hunger.
| Seasonal hunger | Chronic hunger |
| Result of cycles of food growing and harvesting | Result of diets which are continuously inadequate both in terms of quality as well as quantity. |
| Caused due to seasonal nature of agricultural activities in rural areas and because of casual labour who gets work according to environmental seasons in urban areas. | Caused due to low income in the inability to buy food. |
| Occurs only in certain times of the year. | Occurs when a community is not able to fulfil their own basic needs. |
| It goes on year after year. | It goes on for long and may even lead to *****. |
