than a third of india's children are still underweight, something india's former prime minister manmohan singh called a "national shame." so of course only few indian's can afford to just throw food away, but as long as millions can't afford to store food properly, that's exactly what they are forced to do. reporter: the azadpur market in new delhi is one of asia's largest fruit and vegetable outlets. customers include local retailers, distributors, restaurant owners, and private customers. the goods sold here have often been on the road for days, travelling right across india. but now it's the monsoon season, so the produce is saturated when it arrives. rajpal kumar has been working here since he was a child and tells us little has changed in that time. everything that is not sold the same day just rots, he says. rajpal: it's been raining so the vegetables have gone bad. i'll have to throw them away. these vegetables arrived yesterday. reporter: nearly half of all the foodstuffs produced in india end up being scrapped before they even reach the consumer. here at the market, temperatures of ov