What is the Modi government doing to tackle India's hunger problem? | Sansad Watch Episode 14 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=njt2dxVq8no
Oct 27, 2021
India saw a drop in the #GlobalHungerIndex as it was placed at 101 out of 119 countries, after it placed at 94 out of 107 countries in 2020. According to #UN reports, India is home to a quarter of all undernourished people worldwide. That’s right, one in four hungry people across the world is Indian.
On top of it, we have the highest number of wasted children worldwide. The situation is bad, to put it mildly, and the pandemic has made things worse.
To address our massive hunger problem, the government launched a pandemic special, the #PradhanMantriGaribKalyanAnnaYojana, a massive undertaking to feed 80 crore people for free. On paper, it's a much-needed scheme but when it comes to implementation, there were major failures.