Can India Sustain Economic Growth Amidst Exploding Population and Depleting Resources?
India is expected to surpass China as the world's most populous nation by 2025. As the Indian population rises rapidly amidst its depleting land and water resources , the widespread hunger problem could grow worse unless serious steps are taken now to remedy the situation. The International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) reported last year that hunger in India has grown over the last three years. IFPRI said India's hunger index score has worsened over the last three years from 23.7 to 23.9 to 24.1 and its ranking moved from 66 to 65 to 67 on a list of 84 nations....while Pakistan's hunger index score has improved over the same period reported since 2008 from 21.7 (2008) to 21.0 (2009) to 19.1 (2010) and its ranking has risen from 61 to 58 to 52. In 2011, the situation in India is only getting worse with double-digit food inflation and growing shortages of basics like onions. With the growing population and worsening water shortages, the prognosis for hunger in In...