Thursday 12 September 2013

Facts and Figures about starvation in India

1. There are 820 million chronically hungry people in the world.

2. 1/3rd of the world's population which is suffering from hunger lives in India.

3. 980 million Indians survive on less than Rs. 30 (less than half-a-dollar) a day.

4. Over 200 million Indians will sleep hungry tonight.

5. 10 million people die every year of chronic hunger and hunger-related diseases.

6. India have over 212 million undernourished people only marginally below the 215 million estimated for 1990–92.

7. Over 9000 Indians die of hunger every day.

8. Over 2 million Indians die of hunger every year.