India ranks 111th among 125 countries in Global Hunger Index

The country fares worse than all its neighbours except Afghanistan.

Scroll Staff

· Oct 13, 2023 · 09:04 am

In Odisha, a child’s death lays bare a food crisis in Adivasi hamlets

Eight years ago, 19 malnourished children had died in Jajpur district. Not much seems to have changed since then.

Sweta

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Sameet

· Apr 30, 2023 · 06:30 am

RSS body demands action against Global Hunger Index surveyors for ‘defaming India’

The Swadeshi Jagran Manch urged the Centre to take steps against a German NGO which ranked India 107th among 121 countries on the index.

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· Oct 17, 2022 · 11:52 am

India ranks 107th out of 121 countries in Global Hunger Index 2022

Centre alleged that the report is an ‘erroneous’ measure of hunger that suffers from ‘serious methodological issues’.

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· Oct 15, 2022 · 10:01 am

9.06 crore Indians will go hungry due to climate change by 2030, says report

Temperature across India will rise in the range of 2.4 degrees Celsius to 4.4 degrees Celsius by 2100, said International Food Policy Research Institute.

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· May 13, 2022 · 07:03 pm

79% of Indian households experienced ‘food insecurity’ last year, shows survey

The ‘Hunger Watch’ survey, conducted across 14 states, calculated ‘food insecurity’ based on a scale developed by UN’s Food and Agriculture Organization.

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· Feb 23, 2022 · 10:41 pm

Over 33 lakh children are malnourished in India, Maharashtra has highest number: Report

Over half of these children are in the severe category, according to government data.

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· Nov 08, 2021 · 12:37 pm

Why does India struggle to battle hunger?

Food insecurity remains an alarming issue due to entitlement failures.

Ananya Sharma

· Oct 20, 2021 · 09:00 am

Global Hunger Index score was calculated using unscientific methodology, claims Centre

The statement came a day after India was ranked 101st among 116 countries in this year’s Global Hunger Index.

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· Oct 15, 2021 · 07:35 pm

Global Hunger Index: India ranks 101 out of 116 countries, behind Pakistan, Nepal and Bangladesh

India continued to remain in the ‘serious’ category of the index.

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· Oct 14, 2021 · 09:45 pm

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.

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· 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