🔆 Hunger & Nutrition – Key Data (2024) 📍 Undernutrition & Ranking ✅ India ranked 105/127 in Global Hunger Index 2024 ✅ Over 225 million undernourished people in India 📍 Women’s Health Indicators ✅ 57% of women (aged 15–49) are anaemic ✅ 18.7% women (aged 15–49) have BMI below 18.5 ✅ 6.4% women and 4.0% men (aged 15–49) are obese ✅ 23% women and 22.1% men (aged 15–49) are overweight 📍 Child Nutrition Stats ✅ Stunting (under 5 years) = 35% (global avg = 23%) ✅ Underweight children = 30% (global avg = 13%) ✅ Wasted children = 19% 📍 Food & Welfare Coverage ✅ Food wastage in India ≈ 50 kg per person per year ✅ 99.01% beneficiaries covered under National Food Security Act (NFSA), 2013 in 2023–24 #gs2 #gs3 #gs1 #ethics #essay #social_issue #mains