"global-hunger-index"

GDP can open doors, but it is the human development indices that reveal whether people are walking through them

Government may continue to be in denial mode but one cannot be blind to the stark ground realities

Ensuring access to wholesome food for all must be complemented by the availability of clean water and sanitary conditions for better nutrition results

According to the 2023 Global Hunger Index, jointly published by Concern Worldwide and Welt Hunger Hilfe, non-governmental organizations from Ireland and Germany, India's hunger level is classified as "serious," with a score of 28.7. The report was released on Thursday.

Empty stomachs and malnutrition lead to health and economic fallouts. The latest Global Hunger Index (GHI) has painted India in a poor light. Prepared by European NGOs, the GHI 2022 has shown that the country has slipped further to the 107th position out of 121 countries from last year’s rank of 101. What is more […]

With a score of 29.1, India has a level of hunger that is serious.

In the latest Global Hunger Index, India ranks 107 among 121 countries, faring worse than all countries in South Asia.

Hyderabad: Describing the Central Government’s power reforms as a conspiracy to corporatise the power sector in the country, Chief Minister K Chandrashekhar Rao said the BJP government had even violated the Constitution by implementing the rules of a draft bill that was yet to be passed in the Parliament. The Centre shared draft copy of […]

Yadadri: Calling the BJP Government an ‘utter flop’ government, Chief Minister K Chandrashekhar Rao said the sooner the nation gets rid of the BJP government, the better it would be for the country. In a blistering attack on the Central Government, particularly Prime Minister Narendra Modi, the Chief Minister said in the last 8 years […]

Hyderabad: TRS president and Chief Minister K Chandrashekhar Rao trained his guns on the BJP, accusing the latter of creating ‘communal tensions’ during elections and resorting to ‘blackmail’ tactics against those who question them. He said Telangana would also adopt a tit-for-tat attitude, if the BJP leaders did not mend their ways. Speaking at the […]

India must first acknowledge the severity of the problem and then recalibrate strategies

FAO estimates that over 40% of food produced is wasted in India, costing $14 billion every year

Experts blaming poor implementation processes, lack of effective monitoring, siloed approach in tackling malnutrition and poor performance by large states behind the low ranking