Index of Freedom from‘Want’ Chart 7.1: Per capita food consumption(calories per day) and Share of domestic production in food consumption Domestic production is not enough to meet the increasing need for food consumption of the population. There are numerous factors that are responsible for a falling share of domestic production in food consumption, like climate change, rising agricultural input prices relative to output prices, water shortages, etc. Box 7.3: The High Rate of Inflation in Food Prices The year 2022-23 is witnessing a veritable explosion in food prices. Rate of Inflation in Food Prices (Year on Year, Mid-March) 2022 Wheat Flour 21.3 Onions 10.8 Rice 3.0 Pulses-29.6 Milk 8.7 Sugar-10.9 Vegetable Ghee 49.9 Overall Food Prices* 14.5 2023 56.3 233.9 78.8 69.4 37.4 20.6 38.0 45.0 This has increased the cost of nutrition substantially, thereby raising the poverty line and leading to a big increase in the incidence of poverty in 2022. 51