[jialutu]

I am really baffled by this claim, since I've been observing the Global Hunger Index for a while, where India has consistently fared worse than even DPRK (North Korea), and is almost the same level as Afghanistan, a country that has been at war for 20 years. https://www.globalhungerindex.org/

I am not sure if these 2 reports are contradictory, or whether they are in agreement with each other (since the GHI score for India has been trending downwards). Does anyone who is more knowledgeable on this please explain?

[i67vw3]

That is a bogus index. Even the government denied it's reporting https://www.firstpost.com/explainers/global-hunger-index-ind...

(Any government will try to say the same thing, to save its face)

But right now, the welfare state is still working (free/discounted food for lower income class). Anecdotally speaking, there is no such 'hunger' observed even in beggar communities. All are pretty much well fed. Due to opening of the economy in 1991, people have become 'rich' and the welfare state has subsequently reduced.

If we are talking about nourishment or nutrient intake, it is also not observed to be lower to the scale the index paints. Even during lockdown and covid pandemic, 200 million or more people were given free/discounted food everyday. There might be more hunger during the lockdowns, covid deaths; but not to high extent the index says compared to other countries.

The index paints the 'hunger' levels on the scale of DPRK or Afghanistan which is just not possible (laughable), if anyone sees it from first hand perspective. I have always been suspicious of the index from the very beginning. Even the past decade reports are suspicious.

https://www.reuters.com/world/india/indias-wheat-exports-hit...

[ArtixFox]

worse than NK? lmao any index claiming that is absolutely wrong you get 1 kilo of rice or more for 2 rupees from the government and other stuff too. Sure not everyone is well fed but we aint as bad as NK

[rajeshp1986]

The reason for this is the population is so large that absolute numbers will be still very high. There are still millions of people that need to be lifted.

[newyankee]

The reason for this is (assuming no malice from the index creators) Indians always have had low protein diet (I have evidence from all state cuisines which are very carb heavy for field work). Relatively lower meat consumption also skews it. However, eggs consumption has increased a lot in recent decades which should help.