14 May, 2008,
PTI
TIMES OF INDIA
WA****NGTON:
India may be the second fastest growing economy in the world but it
still has a long way to go in eradicating hunger where it is ranked at
94th position well behind neighbouring China and Pakistan, a global
re****t says.
According to the latest Global Hunger Index 2007 from International
Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI), although India has improved
its score of 25.03 on the index compared to 33.73 in 1990, it is
lagging behind China and Pakistan ranked at 47th and 88th positions,
out of the total list 118 countries, respectively.
During 1990-2007 period, China bettered its score to 8.37 from 12.77
while Pakistan improved to 22.7 from 25.73.
The index is mainly based on pro****tion of undernourished in the
population, prevalence of underweight in children under five years and
those under-five mortality rate.
=93One in seven people go to bed hungry every day. That=92s 854 million
people worldwide. Hunger is one of the world=92s major problems and
therefore one of its most im****tant challenges,=94 say the re****t=92s
authors.
Besides, India=92s score on the progress indicator of the Global Hunger
Index is 0.496. The country managed to reduce hunger by 8.7 since 1990
whereas the reduction target is 17.6 for the period from 1990-2015.
Libya is at the top of the list with a score of 0.87 this year whereas
it had a score of 2.70 in 1990.
Javed Iqbal Kaleem
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