India’s Narendra Modi government has been savaged by opposition parties, social activists and economists as the world’s second-most populous country slipped to near the bottom of a global hunger league despite record domestic grain production.
The latest Global Hunger Index says India dropped from 94th place in 2020 to 101 this year out of 116 countries with enough data to calculate scores. India now ranks behind its neighbors Sri Lanka, Nepal, Bangladesh and Pakistan.
“With a score of 27.5 , India has a level of hunger that is serious,” the report says.
The report has stung the Modi government, which has set the goal of eradicating poverty and corruption to mark the 75th anniversary of independence in 2022.
The latest Global Hunger Index says India dropped from 94th place in 2020 to 101 this year out of 116 countries with enough data to calculate scores. India now ranks behind its neighbors Sri Lanka, Nepal, Bangladesh and Pakistan.
“With a score of 27.5 , India has a level of hunger that is serious,” the report says.
The report has stung the Modi government, which has set the goal of eradicating poverty and corruption to mark the 75th anniversary of independence in 2022.
