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India home to a quarter of the world’s hungry [1]

Country’s Hunger Index Has Dropped Three Points, But Stays In ‘Alarming’ Category: Global Hunger Report

In a striking irony, the number of hungry people in the world was estimated at 842 million in 2011-13 in the Global Hunger Index (GHI) report released on Monday even as world cereal production was estimated at a near record level of 2,489 million metric tons a few days ago. About a quarter of the world’s hungry, or 210 million, are in India alone.

Publication Date: 
15/10/2013
Subodh Varma [2]
Times Of India (New Delhi) [3]
Tags:
India [4], Starvation [5], FAO [6], Population [7], National Sample Survey Organisation (NSSO) [8], Ethiopia [9], Sudan [10], Congo [11], Chad [12], Infant mortality [13], Nutrition [14], Natural Disasters [15]
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