The 2018 Global Hunger Index (GHI) was released on 11 October, positioning India at 103 among 119 nations. India’s ranking has been much talked about, with several media outlets and members of the Opposition criticising the present government for the drop in the country’s ranking. In 2014, they claimed, India stood at 55.

NDTV reported about India’s GHI ranking in an article titled – “Modi government lagging behind Manmohan government in eradicating hunger; in five years ranking plunges from 55 to 103 (translated).” Dainik Bhaskar published a similar report titled – “Hunger in India: Modi government completely fails in this regard, country reaches 103rd position from 55th in four years, even Nepal and Bangladesh ahead of us (translated).”