Newly-elected Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge on Monday attacked the Centre over India sliding down on hunger index, and said the government should solve the problem rather than discrediting the organisation.
The Global Hunger Index (GHI) 2021 published by the Irish aid agency has ranked India at 101 out of 116 countries, terming the level of hunger in India as "alarming". Neighbouring countries Pakistan, Bangladesh and Nepal have fared better than India.
If we persist in our waywardness, an apocalypse may visit us in our lifetime. Our end would not be dramatic but would come about by hunger and disease, as TS Eliot had predicted: This is the way the world ends, not with a bang, but a whimper. (The Hollow Men)
