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It is measured and there are targets - https://www.un.org/sustainabledevelopment/hunger/

That's correct but my point is what kind of poverty is the poverty line measuring if it does not take into account how much people are getting to eat. This access to PPP adjusted dollar amount is clearly not a good heuristic for it because somehow extreme poverty has been alleviated while having a hunger index worse than North Korea.

>while having a hunger index worse than North Korea.

Relying on North Korean statistics to make your point is... questionable

I don't know how World Hunger Index get their DPRK figures but that is not important. There are about 110 countries with better hunger indices than India. A country that tells its citizens that we are going to be a superpower by 20xx should not be doing that at meeting basic needs.

https://www.unicef.org/india/reports/indias-progress-malnutr...

Malnourishment is also steadily diminishing. Effectively because food affordability improves as poverty diminishes. It's a good proxy.

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