October 17 - International Day for the Eradication of Poverty

October 17 -

International Day for the Eradication of Poverty  


Undernourished People India Top

Hunger is Up Again About 81.50 crore people were hungry
Hunger is on the rise again. 


According to latest (2017 September) UN figures, some 81.50 crore (815 million) people were hungry last year (2016) -an increase of 3.8 Crore (38 million) from the previous year (2015)-affecting around 11% of the world population.

In the year 2000, this count was about 90 Crore (900 million)

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