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Detailed explanation-1: -India’s GHI score has decreased from a 2000 GHI score of 38.8 points-considered alarming-to a 2022 GHI score of 29.1-considered serious. India’s proportion of undernourished in the population is considered to be at a medium level, and its under-five child mortality rate is considered low.

Detailed explanation-2: -India ranks 107th out of 121 countries in the GHI 2022 rankings.

Detailed explanation-3: -The Global Hunger Report 2022 released by Concern Worldwide and Welt Hunger Hilfe, Non-Government Organisations from Ireland and Germany respectively, has ranked India at 107 among 121 countries. The index is an erroneous measure of hunger and suffers from serious methodological issues.

Detailed explanation-4: -The 2022 GHI score for the world is considered moderate, but at 18.2, it shows only a slight decline from the 2014 score of 19.1. Indeed, one indicator used in the GHI, the prevalence of undernourishment, shows that the share of people who lack regular access to sufficient calories is increasing.