India, Oct. 28 -- India may or may not be on the road to the $ 5-trillion club. But it is in the club of countries ranked at the bottom end of Global Hunger Index. In a dismal performance, over the last four years, the country has slipped nine ranks in the index - 102 out of 117 nations. It has been earmarked in the group of 47 countries which have 'serious levels' of hunger. What is worse, the country's ranking is eight spots below Pakistan and 14 below Bangladesh. It is not merely a question of deprivation of food though its inadequacy is one of the four criteria. The other three are equally grave issues: High percentage of 'wasted children' who have low weight for their height; 'stunted children' who have low height for their age; and mo...