A report has been prepared by development economist Reetika Khera and Siraj Dutta, with contributions from social activist Swati Narayan and the NGO working in Odisha, Jharkhand and Delhi. The report is based on a study of hunger deaths recorded from 2015 to 2018, after the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) came to power at the Centre, as well as in various states. The common reason for the deaths was non-linking of ration cards to Aadhaar cards, as a result of which families were denied foodgrains by ration shops, causing death by starvation.