Modi Government Under Fire for India’s Plunge in Global Hunger Index Ranking

An underprivileged Indian child, drinks milk lying on the lap of a helper at Apnalaya, a voluntary organization which provides free meals to children of economically challenged parents in Mumbai, India, Monday, April 15, 2013. AP Photo/Rafiq Maqbool

JAIPUR, India—The government of Prime Minister Narendra Modi is coming under fire from various quarters over India slipping to near the bottom of the Global Hunger Index in 2021, despite having huge food stocks.

India ranks 101st out of the 116 countries in the 2021 Global Hunger Index (GHI) report, which puts the second-most-populous nation behind its neighbors Sri Lanka, Nepal, Bangladesh, and Pakistan. In 2020, it was No. 94.