India has 214 million hungry people, says report
July 30th, 2009 - 10:13 pm ICT by IANS ( 2 comments )New Delhi, July 30 (IANS) India has emerged as the world capital of hunger with 214 million hungry people, Vandana Shiva of NGO Navdanya Thursday quoted a report as saying.
“India has emerged as the capital of hunger with 214 million people being denied the right to food,” Shiva said, adding that this was more than the total number of hungry people in sub-Saharan Africa.
India also fairs poorly on the Global Hunger Index where it ranks 94 among 118 countries.
“Fifty-seven million children in India are underweight because of lack of adequate nutrition. This is one third of all underweight children in the world,” Shiva added, quoting the report “Why is Every 4th Indian Hungry?”
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Tags: adequate nutrition, global hunger, India, navdanya, New Delhi, ngo, shiva, sub saharan africa, underweight children
November 7th, 2010 at 12:45 am
sorry to say this i just came her for sum other reason but naw…im eager to do sumthng towards this …can anybody guid me….(im a student)
February 23rd, 2011 at 6:23 am
place do not write about this chap new forners are shame other Indian people we need live other country place do not publish this kind of news i am India my parents movie from long years ago from India i have small job one costumer ask me India have so many hungry people in front of other i am so shame about India so i have right keep my face so you are destroys other India people face and stupid news artcal