Subhechcha Ganguly 
On the Global Hunger Index, the only country that offers free food to 80 crore people (almost 2/3 of its population) is ranked 107 out of 121, even below famine-stricken and indebted countries. It not only does the paper appear ridiculous, but it also calls into question the incorrect techniques applied in the purported global research.
The figures of India’s poverty are public knowledge; no one is unaware of them, but it must be noted that they are not as dire as the situations in the nations that are even 40 places above India in the world’s poverty rankings.
The Central government claimed on Saturday that India’s position of 107 in the Global Hunger Index is part of an ongoing campaign to damage the country’s reputation as “a nation that does not fulfil the food security and nutritional requirements of its citizens.”
Which is true to a certain extent because no country that receives food and housing assistance from India and the UN is in a better position than India itself in terms of access to food and poverty.
Yes, statistically speaking, more people may experience hunger, but this is due to the enormous population. It becomes notional when considered in relation to the “rate” of individuals experiencing a food and poverty crises.
The 2022 Global Hunger Index study was dubbed “irresponsible and malicious” by the Swadeshi Jagran Manch (SJM) on October 16. The SJM requested the Union Government to take action against its publishers for “defaming” India.
Concern Worldwide and Welt Hunger Hilfe, two non-governmental organisations from Ireland and Germany, respectively, just released the findings.
In recent years, there have been a number of extremely biassed studies that have been conducted with the explicit intent of undermining India and casting a negative light on it.
Consider placing India below African nations where the majority of people go to bed hungry. We are aware that this is not the case in reality, but when such pointless research are presented to the world media, they may believe it to be the case.
