Global Hunger Index

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Patralekha Chatterjee | Why so prickly? Is there a plot to defame India?

India’s officialdom rubbished the findings and called the GHI 2021 assessment of India as “shocking”

21 Oct 2022 12:53 AM

Aakar Patel | Fixing issues, not PR alone, may improve India’s image

To correct a problem, one has to first acknowledge a problem

10 May 2022 12:51 AM

A man walks balancing a basket on his head at a vegetable market in Lucknow, India. (AP)

AA Edit | India indicted by global hunger index

The Global Hunger Index (GHI) 2020 published this week has put India behind most of its south Asian neighbours, including Bangladesh

19 Oct 2020 10:07 AM

Tuberculosis acutely decreases productivity at work, increases risk of infecting co-workers, and may force businesses to hire and retrain new workers to replace ailing ones. (Representational Image)

‘Lifebuoy’ for tandurusti: Can CSR build a healthy and TB-free India?

Studies estimate that India loses up to 2.5 per cent of its GDP due to micronutrient (vitamins and minerals) deficiencies alone.

31 Oct 2019 12:10 AM

The good news, however, is that our agricultural output is rising.

Put dignity in heart of policy

The situation was dire enough for the Supreme Court to take it up this September.

18 Oct 2019 1:18 AM

"93 per cent of children (6 to 23) months don't get minimum acceptable diet," he said. (Photo: File)

'Concentrate less on politics more on children': Sibal to PM on hunger index ranking

Senior Congress leader Kapil Sibal on Wednesday attacked Prime Minister Narendra Modi over India ranking 102 in the Global Hunger Index.

16 Oct 2019 2:08 PM

Seventeen countries, including Belarus, Ukraine, Turkey, Cuba and Kuwait, shared the top rank with GHI scores of less than five, the website of the Global Hunger Index that tracks hunger and malnutrition said on Wednesday. (representational Image)

India at 102 in Global Hunger Report 2019; behind Nepal, Pak, B'desh

In 2000, India was ranked 83 out of 113 countries. Now, with 117 countries in the fray, it has dropped to 102 rank.

16 Oct 2019 12:55 PM

More than 300,000 farmers have committed suicide since 1995.

Food sovereignty is need of the hour

Two decades of corporate driven globalisation has destroyed the biodiversity and cultural diversity of our indigenous food systems.

26 Dec 2017 1:36 AM

Improving women’s education, enhancing household food security can help to reduce malnutrition.

Act Now for Better Nutrition

Over five years ago, the then Prime Minister had called malnutrition in India a “national shame”.

22 Oct 2017 3:36 AM

The Modi regime has received some undeserved beating for India’s supposed fall in the Global Hunger Index by the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI).

How hungry is India and why?

India fell precipitously by 45 places since 2014, which is when the Modi regime came into being.

22 Oct 2017 3:33 AM

A child’s brain development, cognitive abilities and physical development depends greatly on nutrition. (Representational image)

Hungry India: Are we angry enough?

The fact is that even if India was a few notches higher, it still would be among the severe cases in terms of the magnitude of malnourishment.

19 Oct 2017 2:47 AM

India may have the most widespread school meal system wherein the poorest of the poor may at least send their children so they don’t go hungry, assured of one meal in the day. (Representational image)

#100 in hunger index is a real shame for India

The problem of numbers may be self-defeating given the Indian scale, although that argument too is beaten if we compare ourselves to China.

17 Oct 2017 2:24 AM

The country’s serious hunger level is driven by high child malnutrition and underlines need for stronger commitment to the social sector, the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) said in its report. (Photo: Representational/PTI)

India ranks 100th among 119 countries on global hunger index

India has the third highest score in all of Asia — only Afghanistan and Pakistan are ranked worse.

13 Oct 2017 3:23 PM

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