Tag: Hunger

Experts blaming poor implementation processes, lack of effective monitoring, siloed approach in tackling malnutrition and poor performance by large states behind the low rankingNew Delhi: India ranked 94 among 107 nations in the Global Hunger Index 2020 and was in the ‘serious’ hunger category with experts blaming poor implementation ...

India has ranked a low 94 among 107 nations in the Global Hunger Index (GHI) 2020. According to the GHI report, India has a score of 27.2. This places the country under the ‘serious’ category in the GHI severity scale.India ranks lower than neighbouring Pakistan (88), Bangladesh (75), Nepal ...

India ranked 94 among 107 nations in the Global Hunger Index 2020 and was in the 'serious' hunger category with experts blaming poor implementation processes, lack of effective monitoring, siloed approach in tackling malnutrition and poor performance by large states behind the low ranking.Last year, India's rank was 102 ...

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 effective monitoring, siloed approach in tackling malnutrition and poor performance by large states behind the low ranking. Last ...

India oi-Briti Roy Barman | Published: Saturday, October 17, 2020, 9:58 New Delhi, Oct 17: India ranked 94th among 107 countries on the Global Hunger Index 2020 that tracks hunger levels and malnutrition across the world. Notably, India ranks below neighbours Pakistan (88), Nepal (73), Bangladesh (75) and ...

Country has the highest prevalence of ‘wasted children’; even Bangladesh and Pakistan score better India has the highest prevalence of wasted children under five years in the world, which reflects acute undernutrition, according to the Global Hunger Index 2020. The situation has worsened in the 2015-19 period, when the ...

Faring much worse than its neighbours, including Bangladesh, Nepal, Bhutan, Sri Lanka, Pakistan and Myanmar, India ranks 94th on the World Hunger Index for this year. The global index, which calculates the level of malnutritition in over a 100 countries, ranked India much lower than Sri Lanka (64), Nepal ...

The COVID-19 pandemic has caused a food shortage in India, disrupting local, regional and national food supply chains. "The food stress existed long before the start of the pandemic. It has now become worse. Many people have lost their jobs, and those with low incomes complain about food insecurity," ...

India’s rank in this year’s Global Hunger Index rose to 94 from 102 last year, but the country performed worse than Pakistan (88th rank) and Bangladesh (75th rank). The index, which calculates the hunger levels and malnutrition across the world, was released on Friday. This year, the report has ...

Long before the pandemic swept into her village in the rugged southeast of Afghanistan, Halima Bibi knew the gnawing fear of hunger. It was an omnipresent force, an unrelenting source of anxiety as she struggled to nourish her four children.Her husband earned about $5 a day, hauling produce by ...