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)
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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