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Will economic stress and hunger lead to political change?

Will economic distress affect how people perceive the role of the political class as a whole, and judge how they responded to their suffering?

Dip in India's rank in Global Hunger Index 2021 'shocking', says govt

The Centre on Friday said it was shocking that India's rank was lowered on the Global Hunger Index, terming the methodology used for rankings "unscientific". India slipped to 101st position in the Global Hunger Index (GHI) 2021 of 116 countries, from its 2020 position of 94th. It is now behind its neighbours Pakistan, Bangladesh and Nepal. Reacting sharply to the report, the Women and Child Development Ministry said it is "shocking" to find that the Global Hunger Report 2021 has lowered the rank of India on the basis of FAO estimate on proportion of undernourished population which is found to be "devoid of ground reality and facts and suffers from serious methodological issues". "The publishing agencies of the Global Hunger Report, Concern Worldwide and Welt Hungerhilfe, have not done their due diligence before releasing the report," the ministry said in a statement. The methodology used by FAO is "unscientific", the ministry claimed.

India slips to 101st rank in Global Hunger Index 2021; behind Pak, B'desh

India has slipped to 101st position in the Global Hunger Index (GHI) 2021 of 116 countries, from its 2020 position of 94th and is behind its neighbours Pakistan, Bangladesh and Nepal

No work, no food: Coronavirus pandemic deepens global hunger

An estimated 270 million people are expected to face potentially life-threatening food shortages this year - compared to 150 million before the pandemic - according to analysis from World Food Program

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Adding value to your food

There are speculations on whether the government's policy on genetically engineered products has undergone a subtle, even if undeclared, change. If it is so, it is welcome

Despite improvements, India still leads the world in acute malnutrition

India's relative fall, despite improvements, shows that some countries that lagged behind it earlier progressed better on the parameters used to determine the hunger index

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Hungry for nutrition

India has to revamp its food security programmes

Death of an infant shows cruelty of starving in a country of food abundance

Governments across the world have failed to prevent a hunger crisis that is reaching monumental proportions

India ranks 94 among 107 nations in Hunger Index, is in 'serious' category

India ranked 94 among 107 nations in the Global Hunger Index 2020 and is in the 'serious' hunger category with experts blaming poor implementation processes, lack of monitoring and siloed approach

India's population galloping, but no one paying attention: Venkaiah Naidu

Political parties are feeling shy, politicians are feeling shy, Parliament also do not adequately discuss about the issue," Naidu said

UN endorses India's steps to address hunger, malnutrition to achieve SGD

In 2015, India, along with other countries, signed the declaration on the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, comprising 17 Sustainable Development Goals

Letter to BS: The existing public distribution system must be reformed

There is no shortage of food grain in India but there is an inability to conserve its food grains because of poor storage facilities

The nutrition crisis

Politicians and the PDS are failing India's children

India is 102 in Hunger Index of 117 nations, undoing decade of improvement

In India, just 9.6 percent of all children between 6 and 23 months of age are fed a minimum acceptable diet, a global report said

Hunger pangs

India continues to lag on the Global Hunger Index

India ranks 103rd on global hunger index with 'severe starvation' problem

About 151 million children are stunted and 51 million children are wasted across the globe

Statsguru: India's fight against hunger

Global Hunger Index: India is ranked 100 out of 119 developing countries

Hunger pangs

India continues to lag in eradicating malnutrition