Global Hunger Index: India ranks 94 out of 107 countries, in ‘serious’ category

While the overall rating improved compared to 2019, India is once again the worst performer in child wasting rates.

Scroll Staff

· Oct 16, 2020 · 05:41 pm

Hunger and malnutrition loom large over India as anganwadis stay shut amid coronavirus pandemic

As jobs are lost and starvation grows, the impact is being felt most by malnourished children, pregnant women and nursing mothers.

Radhika Bordia, Article-14.com

· Sep 11, 2020 · 01:30 pm

Global Hunger Index: India’s rank down to 102 out of 117 countries, in ‘serious’ category

The index, which calculates the hunger levels and malnutrition in the word, had ranked India at 95 in 2010.

Scroll Staff

· Oct 16, 2019 · 10:19 am

Delhi starvation deaths shine light on why malnourished children are not enrolled in anganwadis

These centres are supposed to provide free meals for children and there were four of them close to where the deaths took place.

Vijayta Lalwani

· Jul 30, 2018 · 06:30 am

Delhi starvation deaths: How the government safety net failed to protect a family on the margins

With no ration card or food support, three young sisters starved to death in the National Capital.

Vijayta Lalwani

· Jul 27, 2018 · 09:46 am

India has programmes to alleviate hunger but not the will to enforce them

The Global Hunger Index ranks India a poor 97 among 118 countries.

Priyanka Vora

· Oct 15, 2016 · 02:30 pm

Nineteen children had to die for the Odisha government to find this village

The government is now throwing money and resources but is unable to remove the spectre of hunger looming over this small tribal community.

Devjyot Ghoshal

· Aug 30, 2016 · 02:30 pm

Modi government is killing Vajpayee's food security scheme

By phasing out the Antyodaya scheme, the government could deprive the poorest of poor of adequate food security.

Supriya Sharma

· Jun 17, 2015 · 07:45 pm

191 million Indians are undernourished, says Food and Agriculture Organisation

Despite progress on food security, India will not meet its Millennium Development Goal targets on hunger next year.

Nayantara Narayanan

· Sep 17, 2014 · 04:30 pm