India sends 1.8 million tonnes of wheat to several countries: We have a quarter of the world’s malnourished people, yet we send bread to many countries

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 According to the UN's State of Food Security and Nutrition in the World 2022 Report, although our country has a quarter of the world's undernourished people, India feeds dozens of countries struggling with food  1.8 million tons of wheat to friendly countries ,where there is a food crisis.Union Food Secretary Sudhanshu Pandey said India has sent 1.8 million tonnes of wheat to dozens of friendly countries around the world where there is a food crisis.

  India this week signed an agreement to supply an additional 10,000 tonnes to Afghanistan.  This agreement signed under the United Nations World Food Program brings our total shipment to 50,000 tonnes  WEP said in a statement earlier this week that nearly 19 million people in Afghanistan, or half the population, are facing a severe food crisis.Indeed, the world has experienced a food crisis since the outbreak of the Russia-Ukrainian war.  Most of the difficulties occurred in countries that did not produce food.  At the request of such countries, the Government of India has exported 1.8 million tonnes of wheat after May  In fact, on May 13, India banned individual wheat exports after summer production fell 5%.
 Union Food Secretary Sudhanshu Pandey said wheat was shipped to countries like Bangladesh, Oman, United Arab Emirates and Afghanistan.  India has also shipped about 100,000 tonnes of wheat to Bangladesh since the export ban came into force.  Indonesia has imported the same amount after banning exports.
  Last month, Food Minister Piyush Goyal said that India is not a major exporter of wheat, but will supply wheat to friendly countries facing food crisis.  Importantly, the G7 countries said the ban on wheat exports from India would exacerbate the global crisis.
    According to the United Nations' The State of Food Security and Nutrition' in the World 2022 Report, the struggle with hunger will increase rapidly after  In 2021, 768 million victims worldwide were found to be malnourished, of which 224 million (29%) were Indians.  This is more than a quarter of the total number of malnourished people in the world.  In 2019, 618 million people worldwide will face hunger, while in 2021, the number will rise to 7.68 billion.