Ending hunger

Govt must address malnutrition

The Food and Agriculture Organization recently released the State of Food Security and Nutrition report as part of its effort to highlight issues like food insecurity and malnutrition, especially in the wake of global conflict, climatic vagaries, and economic slowdown. The report concludes that hunger in India declined from 16.6 per cent of the population in 2020-22 to 13.7 per cent in 2021-23. During 2004-06, about 21.4 per cent of the country’s population suffered from hunger and undernourishment. Notably, India’s progress comes at a time when the proportion of undernourished and hungry people has increased or remained