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Hunger is decreasing globally, but the largest number of people going hungry is in South Asia, with the situation in India ‘alarming’ despite it having made some progress. Overall, the hunger situation in 19 out 120 countries is alarming or seriously alarming, says a report by the International Food Policy Research Institute, Welthungerhilfe and Concern Worldwide.The 2013 Global Hunger Index (GHI) has fallen by 34 per cent from the 1990 score, but South Asia has the highest regional score of 20.7, followed by Africa (south of the Sahara) while Burundi, Eritrea and Comoros have the highest levels of hunger, says the report.