My take on the Global Hunger Index Ranking
My Take on the Global Hunger Index Ranking Tathagata Anuradha Mukhopadhyay Today, one of my learned friends reminded me of the Global Hunger Index ranking of India. India ranks 111 in the Global Hunger Index, on a scale where zero means no hunger. This, truly, is very sad. However, this contradicts the following THREE facts (All World Bank Figures): 1) Improvement in the undernourished population. According to the World Bank, 21.9% of the Indian population was undernourished in 2013. This means that they did not have enough food to eat to meet their basic nutritional needs. This figure has fallen since then to 16% in 2023. (World Bank Data). 2) Improved Poverty Index The poverty index of India today is lower than it was in 2013, according to both the World Bank and the Indian government. The World Bank uses a poverty line of $1.90 per day (2011 PPP) to measure extreme poverty. In 2013, 12.4% of Indians lived bel...