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India’s next big challenge: From welfare delivery to human developmentThe National Family Health Survey 2023-24 reveals India's success in expanding welfare delivery and essential service access, reaching near...- Gulf shipping standoff hits world’s most vulnerable farmersGlobal supply chain disruptions, exacerbated by international conflicts, are making essential farming inputs scarce and unaffordable for sm...
- World to miss SDG goals on poverty and better-quality life: UNU-WIDER studyA paper by the United Nations University World Institute for Development Economics Research (UNU-WIDER) suggests that the decline in povert...
- Global Hunger Index 2023: India ranks 111th out of 125 countries; Pakistan, Bangladesh fare betterIndia's neighbouring countries Pakistan (102th), Bangladesh (81st), Nepal (69th) and Sri Lanka (60th) have fared better than it in the inde...
- India ranks 107 on 2022 Global Hunger Index, behind Pakistan, Bangladesh and NepalIn Asia, Afghanistan with a rank of 109 is the only country behind India. Neighbouring countries - Pakistan (99), Bangladesh (84), Nepal (8...
- UN: World hunger was dramatically worse in pandemic yearA report issued jointly by five UN agencies said hunger outpaced population growth in 2020, with nearly 10% of all people estimated to be u...
- View: India’s rising obesity problemWhile obesity is still at a nascent stage in India, it very much remains an issue that needs tackling by policymakers. The foremost task is...
- Number of undernourished people declines in India; obesity in adults on the rise: UNState of Food Security and Nutrition in the World report, released on Monday, estimated that almost 690 million people globally were undern...
- Coronavirus could push tens of millions into chronic hunger: United NationsThe United Nations says the ranks of the world's hungry grew by 10 million last year and warns that the coronavirus pandemic could push as ...
- Need to re-look at public policies for service access to MSMEs, solo entrepreneurs: Niti Aayog Vice-Chairman Rajiv Kumar"We need to see how to create the culture of bringing angel investors for these small enterprises, how to bring technology...we have to see...
- India below Bangladesh, Rwanda in global hunger rankingsOther neighbours Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, Nepal and China are all ranked above India.
- CPI(M) expresses concern over UN hunger report, says government failed on food securityAccording to a study released by United Nation's FAO, India is home to the highest number of hungry people in the world, at 194.6 million, ...
- India tops world hunger list with 194 million peopleIndia is home to the highest number of hungry people in the world, at 194 million, surpassing China, according to United Nations annual hun...
- Dubious distinction: India leads world hunger list; overtakes ChinaGlobally , the number of undernourished people has fallen by 216 mn between 1990 and 2015. However, India's contribution to this fall has b...
- Number of undernourished people in India down 6.5%: FAOAt the global level, some 84.2 crore people in 2011-13 suffered from chronic hunger, not having enough food for an active and healthy life.
- World within reach of halving hunger by 2015: UN reportThe numbers remain “disturbingly high” with 870 million not consuming enough each day.
- At 217 million, India houses largest number of malnourished in the worldIndia has cut the number of undernourished by less than 10% since 1990 & is one of the nations FAO says won't meet its MDG target.
- India houses largest number of undernourished people in the worldThree key international organizations working on food security have revised the number of people in hunger globally downwards from 1 billio...
- Getting food security rightThe Act on food security must mandate technology-based intervention and well-defined monitoring.
- India ranks below China, Pak in global hunger indexIndia has been ranked 67, way below neighbouring countries like China and Pakistan, in a new global hunger index by the International Food ...
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