_____________________________________________________________________________________________________ *Corresponding author: E-mail: kiranbains@pau.edu; Current Journal of Applied Science and Technology 39(27): 46-57, 2020; Article no.CJAST.60039 ISSN: 2457-1024 (Past name: British Journal of Applied Science & Technology, Past ISSN: 2231-0843, NLM ID: 101664541) Food Assistance to the Calamity-Hit Victims of Recurrent Floods, Cyclones, Earthquakes and Droughts in India – A Review Pushpa Dhami 1 , Kiran Bains 1* , Harpreet Kaur 1 and Shruti Jain 1 1 Department of Food and Nutrition, Punjab Agricultural University, Ludhiana, Punjab, 141004, India. Authors’ contributions This work was carried out in collaboration among all authors. Author PD designed the study, wrote the protocol and wrote the first draft of the manuscript. Authors KB, HK and SJ managed the literature searches and organized the contents. All authors read and approved the final manuscript. Article Information DOI: 10.9734/CJAST/2020/v39i2730918 Editor(s): (1) Dr. Ming-Chih Shih, Chinese Culture University, Taiwan. (2) Dr. Meng Ma, Anhui University, Hefei, China and Icahn Institute for Genomics and Multiscale Biology, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, USA. Reviewers: (1) Danny Faturachman, Darma Persada University, Indonesia. (2) V.P.I.S. Wijeratne, University of Colombo, Sri Lanka. (3) Bijan Yavar, Allameh Tabataba'i University, Iran. (4) Jamal Mohamad Vali Samani, Tarbiat Modares University, Iran. (5) Daniel Buor, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Ghana. Complete Peer review History: http://www.sdiarticle4.com/review-history/60039 Received 26 June 2020 Accepted 01 September 2020 Published 08 September 2020 ABSTRACT India has been facing the wrath of natural calamities pertaining to its unique geography and varied climatic patterns from time immemorial. The purpose of this paper is to gather data pertaining to food assistance provided to stranded evacuees in the aftermath of Natural Calamities. Food assistance forms crucial part of humanitarian assistance to provide immediate relief to victims and help in their speedy recovery from injuries, illness and psychological distress. We aimed to collect information on the type of food, quantities of food and cultural competence of food because India has a wide diversity in food eating patterns across its regions. We also took into account the rescue operations involving role of different stakeholders like government organizations, Armed forces, paramilitary forces, NGOs, international donors and volunteers who usually work independently but gather together aftermath of any calamity or disaster, to address the problems that arise with a common shared goal in a coordinated and effective manner. The paper was basically a desk study Review Article