India slips to 102 on Global Hunger Index of 117 countries
14 Oct 2019; (UMM): India has slipped to 102 in the Global Hunger Index (GHI) in 2019, from 93rd rank in 2015, the website that tracks hunger and malnutrition said on Wednesday. Pakistan, on the other hand, has improved its ranking from 106 in 2015 to 94 in 2019, while Sri Lanka has gone up from 82 to 66.
Countries like Yemen and Djibouti, which are conflict ridden and facing severe climate issues respectively, fared better than India.