15-10-2021: India has slipped to the 101st position in the Global Hunger Index (GHI) 2021 of 116 countries, from its 2020 position of 94th and is behind its neighbours Pakistan, Bangladesh and Nepal. Eighteen countries, including China, Brazil, and Kuwait, shared the top rank with a GHI score of less than five, the website of the Global Hunger Index that tracks hunger and malnutrition said on Thursday.
Eighteen nations, including China, Brazil, and Kuwait, shared the top spot with a GHI score of less than five, according to the Global Hunger Index website, which analyses hunger and malnutrition. The report, co-authored by the Irish aid organisation Concern Worldwide and the German organisation Welt Hunger Hilfe, called the level of hunger in India ‘alarming.’