India Falls From 94 To 101 In Global Hunger Index, Even Behind Nepal & Pakistan: Report

<p>Global Hunger Index News: India has slipped to 101st place in the Global Hunger Index (GHI) 2021. 116 countries around the world hve been listed in the rankings.</p> <p>India is lagging behind its neighboring countries Pakistan, Bangladesh, and Nepal in Global Hunger Index. Eighteen countries, including China, Brazil, and Kuwait, shared the top spot with a GHI score of less than five, the website of the Global Hunger Index, which tracks hunger and malnutrition, said on Thursday.</p> <p>The report, jointly prepared by Concern Worldwide, an Irish-based aid agency, and Welt Hunger Hilf, a German organization, described the level of hunger in India as 'alarming'.</p> <p>Afghanistan is the only Asian country behind India in this list. Check out the full list by <strong>Clicking</strong> <strong><a title="HERE" href="https://ift.tt/3asCzer" target="">HERE</a></strong>.&nbsp;</p> <p>In the year 2020, India was ranked 94 out of 107 countries. Now it has come to 101st place out of 116 countries.</p> <h3><strong>GHI score also dropped</strong></h3> <p>India's GHI score has also dropped. It was 38.8 in the year 2000, which remained between 28.8 - 27.5 between 2012 and 2021. The GHI score is calculated on four indicators, which include undernourishment, malnutrition, child growth rate and child mortality.</p> <p>According to the report, neighboring countries such as Nepal (76th), Bangladesh (76th), Myanmar (71st) and Pakistan (92nd) are also in a worrying position due to hunger. All these countries have performed better than India in providing food to their citizens.</p> <blockquote class="twitter-tweet"> <p dir="ltr" lang="en">Global Hunger Index<br /><br />India improved by 8.6 points during the period 2006 to 2012<br /><br />On the other hand, it improved by just 1.3 points in the next 9 years!<br /><br />Even Ethiopia, Sudan, and Rwanda did better than us! <a href="https://ift.tt/3p4NxhC> <a href="https://t.co/ERqpoTXaiA">pic.twitter.com/ERqpoTXaiA</a></p> &mdash; பூதம் (@angry_birdu) <a href="https://twitter.com/angry_birdu/status/1448838699731460096?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 15, 2021</a></blockquote> <p> <script src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" async="" charset="utf-8"></script> </p> <p>Despite India being one of the prime agricultural and food-producing countries, the numbers of the Global Hunger Index are troubling.&nbsp;</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p><strong><em>(With inputs from PTI)</em></strong></p>