Friday, June 3, 2011

Facts about 'hunger' - 1

Is there anyone to bother about over 400 million (40 crore) hungry Indians going to bed without food?
 Do you? then, know the facts:

>Out of over 1200 million hungry people in the world, over 400 are Indians

>Over 20% of Indian population suffer from calorie under nourishment

>Alarmingly high percentage of children (42.5%) below five years age are under weight
  and 48% stunted growth, over 70% are anemic

>In India, 7% of the children die before they reach age five

>High percentage of women suffer from anemia and malnutrition

>When the percentages are converted to absolute figures, they run to crores

>Above factors resulted in India ranked abysmally 66th out of 88 countries for Global Hunger Index

>Most of the Indian States come under 'serious to alarming to extremely alarming hunger' category

(Source: International Food Policy Research Institute, Washington/New Delhi)













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