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2016

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What is the rank of India in International Food Policy Research Institute’s (IFPRI) Global Hunger Index (GHI) in 2016
A
111th
B
82nd
C
79th
D
97th
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Asia’s third-largest economy has taken a lowly 97th spot in a ranking of 118 countries in the 2016 Global Hunger Index (GHI) released by the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)…” (Punit, 10/12).

Detailed explanation-2: -The 2016 Global Hunger Index (GHI) shows that the level of hunger in developing countries as a group has fallen by 29 percent. Yet this progress has been uneven, and great disparities in hunger continue to exist at the regional, national, and subnational levels.

Detailed explanation-3: -India ranks 107th out of 121 countries in the GHI 2022 rankings.

Detailed explanation-4: -India ranks 107 out of 121 countries on the Global Hunger Index in which it fares worse than all countries in South Asia barring war-torn Afghanistan. The Global Hunger Index (GHI) is a tool for comprehensively measuring and tracking hunger at global, regional, and national levels.

Detailed explanation-5: -NOTE: Data for GHI scores are from 1998–2002 (2000), 2005–2009 (2007), 2012–2016 (2014), and 2017–2021 (2022). In the 2022 Global Hunger Index, India ranks 107th out of the 121 countries with sufficient data to calculate 2022 GHI scores. With a score of 29.1, India has a level of hunger that is serious.

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