"Modi Government In Denial Mode": P Chidambaram On Hunger Index Rating
NDTV
In the recent report of the Global Hunger Index, India ranked 107 out of 121 countries with its child-wasting rate at 19.3 per cent, the highest in the world.
Veteran Congress leader and former finance minister P Chidambaram on Tuesday said that the Narendra Modi-led Central Government is in "denial mode" vis-a-vis challenge of poverty, hunger and malnutrition, which he claimed was more evident when it rejected the latest Global Hunger Index report.
In the recent report of the Global Hunger Index, India ranked 107 out of 121 countries with its child-wasting rate at 19.3 per cent, the highest in the world.
Right after the report, India rejected the Global Hunger index 2022, saying it suffers from "serious methodological issues" and chooses to "deliberately ignore" efforts made by Government to ensure food security for its population. In a statement, the Ministry of Women and Child Development stressed that it is a consistent effort to taint India's image as a nation.
"The first task of any government is to overcome the challenges of poverty, hunger and malnutrition Sadly, the Modi government is in denial mode as was evident when it rejected India's 107 ranking in the Global Hunger Index," the Congress leader tweeted this morning in reaction to India's response to the Global Hunger Index.
