We need to ask why India lags behind its neighbours in combating hunger, malnutrition – Harsh Mander

November 3, 2019

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As many as 60 children died in Mokhada Taluka of Thane district last year due to malnutrition. Sitting Member of Parliament Baliram Jadhav with limited development work in his constituency has not been able to bring down the infant mortality rate herecaption EXPRESS PHOTO BY DEEPAK JOSHI

Jayarajan C N

The abiding disgrace of new India is that despite unprecedented quantities of wealth and the vulgar ostentation which has become customary in the gaudy glitter of city life, India is unable to overcome hunger and malnourishment. This is even more unconscionable when government warehouses are overflowing with stocks of rotting rice and wheat. The 2019 Global Hunger Index (GHI) report brings sombre tidings this year: India’s poorer neighbours — Bangladesh, Nepal, and even Pakistan — have overtaken India in the battle against hunger.