Number of underweight children in India increased in 7 of 10 major states since 2015-16: Survey

The number of kids with stunted growth has also gone up in six of these states.

Scroll Staff

· Dec 12, 2020 · 09:55 pm

Rahul Gandhi says Global Hunger Index ranking reveals ‘colossal failure’ in government policy

India’s rank in this year’s Global Hunger Index dropped to 102, which is considered to be in the ‘serious’ category.

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· Oct 17, 2019 · 08:09 am

‘Cyclone came as death’: Out in the storm alone, homeless Odisha man may have starved to death

After two days in the rain, villagers found Jugal Behera feverish and near death.

Sameet Panda

· Nov 17, 2018 · 07:30 am

One in five Indian children aged under five is extremely underweight, shows Global Hunger Index

The report ranked India 103 out of 119 countries.

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· Oct 12, 2018 · 06:50 pm

In Odisha’s rice bowl, suspected starvation death raises the spectre of hunger stalking the elderly

Too ill to collect her share of PDS rice and with most of her neighbours unaware of her condition, Kunduru Nag, 68, died on June 12.

Priya Ranjan Sahu

· Jun 30, 2018 · 09:00 am

India worse than Bangladesh, Nepal in tackling hunger, situation serious, says report

India, which was placed at 97th position in 2016, has now been ranked 100th out of 119 countries on the Global Hunger Index this year.

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· Oct 12, 2017 · 03:30 pm

India worse than Bangladesh, Nepal in tackling hunger, situation serious, says report

India, which was placed at 97th position in 2016, has now been ranked 100th out of 119 countries on the Global Hunger Index this year.

Scroll Staff

· Oct 12, 2017 · 03:30 pm

Karachi’s Robin Hood Army learns from India: Borrow from the rich to feed the poor

A social initiative is taking surplus food from eateries and distributing them among the needy.

Mahjabeen Mankani

· Feb 29, 2016 · 07:30 pm

Number of undernourished Indians has risen in last five years

The NDA government, in its first year, has kick-started some key reforms, but agricultural reforms are still insubstantial.

Saumya Tewari, IndiaSpend.com

· Jun 02, 2015 · 07:00 pm