Explained | Understanding the Global Hunger Index
2 years, 2 months ago

Explained | Understanding the Global Hunger Index

The Hindu  

The story so far: For the second time in two years, the Ministry of Women and Child Development on Saturday rejected the Global Hunger Index that ranked India 107 among 121 countries. As per the Ministry for Women and Child Development, the report lowers India’s rank based on the estimates of the Proportion of Undernourished population. On why the GHI uses three child-specific indicators out of the four to calculate hunger for a country’s population, the website explains, “By combining the proportion of undernourished in the population with the indicators relating to children under age five, the GHI ensures that both the food supply situation of the population as a whole and the effects of inadequate nutrition within a particularly vulnerable subset of the population are captured.” In fact, a Senior Policy Officer at the GHI Laura Reiner said that, “All four indicators used in the calculation of the global hunger are recognised by the international community, including India, and used for measuring progress towards the UN SDGs.” Why the controversy? As per the Ministry for Women and Child Development, the report lowers India’s rank based on the estimates of the Proportion of Undernourished population According to the Ministry, the report is not only disconnected from ground reality but also chooses to deliberately ignore the food security efforts of the Central government especially during the pandemic.

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How India can break the cycle of hunger: Insights from Sudarshan Suchi, CEO of Bal Raksha Bharat
3 months, 2 weeks ago

How India can break the cycle of hunger: Insights from Sudarshan Suchi, CEO of Bal Raksha Bharat

Hindustan Times  

Malnutrition among women and children has been a persistent public health issue at the global, national and local levels and the recent UNICEF-WHO-World Bank Group Joint Malnutrition Estimates show that globally, 149.2 million children under five years were stunted in 2020, and 45.4 million suffered from wasting. Breaking the cycle of hunger: How India’s bold new plan could end malnutrition …

The neo-colonialism of global reports, rankings
8 months ago

The neo-colonialism of global reports, rankings

Hindustan Times  

Just before the 18th Lok Sabha elections, several reports authored by international agencies appeared, running down the country on various parameters. According to the World Happiness Report 2024, India is currently positioned at 126 among 143 countries, trailing behind nations such as Libya, Iraq, Palestine, Ukraine, Pakistan and Niger. Yet another one by the Thomson Reuters Foundation declared India as …

‘Don’t make a mockery of hunger’ Congress takes aim at Irani over remarks on GHI
1 year, 2 months ago

‘Don’t make a mockery of hunger’ Congress takes aim at Irani over remarks on GHI

Live Mint  

Union Minister Smriti Irani while addressing a gathering at a FICCI event discussing the “Future Role of Women in India,” made a significant statement, emphasizing that certain indices, like the Global Hunger Index, are intentionally skewed and do not accurately represent India's progress. 3000 people from a country of 140 crore get a phone call from Gallup and they are …

Improve nutrition delivery and don't bristle at low rank
1 year, 2 months ago

Improve nutrition delivery and don't bristle at low rank

Live Mint  

The Global Hunger Index is a report published jointly by Concern Worldwide, an aid and humanitarian agency from Ireland, and Welthungerhilfe, an agency based in Germany. Their point is not wholly semantic, for placing India very low in the “hunger" index globally implies widespread starvation and a crisis of food security in the country. The index has four components, with …

India slips in global hunger index, New Delhi slams report
1 year, 2 months ago

India slips in global hunger index, New Delhi slams report

Live Mint  

New Delhi: India said the Global Hunger Index suffers from “serious methodological issues” after the 2023 edition saw the country slip four places to rank 111 out of 125 countries. India reported the world’s highest child wasting rate of 18.7%, indicating acute undernutrition, as per the report released by the Concern Worldwide and Welt Hunger Hilfe, non-government organizations from Ireland …

India slips four places in global hunger index rankings; govt criticises report
1 year, 2 months ago

India slips four places in global hunger index rankings; govt criticises report

Live Mint  

New Delhi: India with a score of 28.7 ranked 111th of 125 countries in the Global Hunger Index 2023, according to a report released on Thursday. The report, by Irish NGO Concern Worldwide and German NGO Welt Hunger Hilfe, highlighted India's child wasting rate at 18.7%, the highest globally, signalling acute undernutrition. The 2023 Global Hunger Index also showed that …

India ranks 111 out of 125 countries in Global Hunger Index
1 year, 2 months ago

India ranks 111 out of 125 countries in Global Hunger Index

The Hindu  

October 12, 2023 05:55 pm | Updated October 13, 2023 01:53 pm IST - NEW DELHI India ranks 111 out of a total of 125 countries in the Global Hunger Index 2023, with its progress against hunger nearly halted since 2015, reflecting a global trend. India’s ranking is based on a Global Hunger Index score of 28.7 on a 100-point …

Measuring hunger across States
1 year, 3 months ago

Measuring hunger across States

The Hindu  

Despite being a major food producer with extensive food security schemes and the largest public distribution system in the world, India still grapples with significant levels of food insecurity, hunger, and child malnutrition. The GHI provides a composite measurement and tracks undernourishment and hunger at the national level across three dimensions: calorie undernourishment, child malnutrition, and under-five mortality. The State …

India’s triumphs over poverty marred by an alarming hunger crisis as over 70 per cent of Indians fails to afford healthy food
1 year, 5 months ago

India’s triumphs over poverty marred by an alarming hunger crisis as over 70 per cent of Indians fails to afford healthy food

The Hindu  

Published : Jul 21, 2023 12:38 IST - 3 MINS READ Government think-tank NITI Aayog’s recent report, released on July 17, revealed a remarkable achievement in India’s fight against multidimensional poverty. However, despite these positive strides in economic development, a consortium of esteemed organisations including the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, the International Fund for Agricultural Development, …

AAP’s Atishi Marlena follows Rahul Gandhi’s lead, and defames India at Cambridge based on lies: Here is the truth about HDI, Hunger Index and more
1 year, 6 months ago

AAP’s Atishi Marlena follows Rahul Gandhi’s lead, and defames India at Cambridge based on lies: Here is the truth about HDI, Hunger Index and more

Op India  

On Thursday, Aam Aadmi Party Minister Atishi Marlena went on an anti-India tirade during a conference on ‘India at 100; Towards becoming a global leader’, which was held at the University of Cambridge. First, UNDP itself acknowledged that India’s decline is in line with global trends in the face of crises such as the Russia-Ukraine war, the Covid-19 pandemic and …

What Index? When Pakistanis are fighting it out for flour in streets, how Pak is ahead of India in Global Hunger Index
1 year, 11 months ago

What Index? When Pakistanis are fighting it out for flour in streets, how Pak is ahead of India in Global Hunger Index

Firstpost  

Looking at current economic crisis in Pakistan - with no respite in the near future as World Bank has cut Pakistan’s GDP growth forecast in half - it seems India’s objection to several perception-based indices for their bias, flawed methodology and opacity certainly wasn’t “untrue” New Delhi: Ranked ahead of India in the Global Hunger Index 2022, Pakistan today is …

India slips to 107th position in Global Hunger Index, government alleges bias
2 years, 1 month ago

India slips to 107th position in Global Hunger Index, government alleges bias

The Hindu  

Published : Nov 03, 2022 10:25 IST The Global Hunger Index report of 2022, published in mid October, shows India’s place to have fallen to 107 from the previous year’s 101, out of 121 countries. “India has made significant progress in the fight against hunger since 2000, but the regression or stagnation that has occurred in child wasting cannot be …

GHI indicators are recognised globally, says project head Laura Reiner
2 years, 1 month ago

GHI indicators are recognised globally, says project head Laura Reiner

The Hindu  

Published : Nov 03, 2022 10:25 IST The Indian government says there is an effort to tarnish India’s image. These, in turn, result from a range of underlying factors, including household food insecurity; inadequate maternal health or childcare practices; or inadequate access to health services, safe water, and sanitation. Where governments have not provided consumption survey data, this aspect is …

Watch | What is the Global Hunger Index and how is it calculated?
2 years, 2 months ago

Watch | What is the Global Hunger Index and how is it calculated?

The Hindu  

What is the Global Hunger Index and how is it calculated? The Global Hunger Index 2022 was released recently. The Global Hunger Index, or GHI, has been released almost every year since 2000 It is a tool for comprehensively measuring and tracking hunger at global, regional, and national levels. India’s rank in the Global Hunger Index has consistently worsened in …

Why does South Asia have the highest levels of hunger in the world? | In Focus podcast
2 years, 2 months ago

Why does South Asia have the highest levels of hunger in the world? | In Focus podcast

The Hindu  

This year’s Global Hunger Index, a peer-reviewed annual report that tracks hunger at the “global, regional, and country levels,” has shown South Asia, and India in particular, as a hunger hot spot. India, whose child-wasting rate of 19.3% was the highest of any country, was ranked below countries such as Pakistan, Rwanda, Ethiopia and Sudan. In the Global Hunger Index …

Centre in ‘denial mode’ of India’s poverty, hunger issues: P. Chidambaram
2 years, 2 months ago

Centre in ‘denial mode’ of India’s poverty, hunger issues: P. Chidambaram

The Hindu  

Veteran Congress leader and former Finance Minister P. Chidambaram on Tuesday said that the Narendra Modi-led Central Government is in "denial mode" vis-a-vis challenge of poverty, hunger and malnutrition, which he claimed was more evident when it rejected the latest Global Hunger Index report. Right after the report, India rejected the Global Hunger index 2022, saying it suffers from "serious …

Aakar Patel | India at a new low in Global Hunger Index: Does anyone really care?
2 years, 2 months ago

Aakar Patel | India at a new low in Global Hunger Index: Does anyone really care?

Deccan Chronicle  

Sometimes important things fall out of the news cycle and for this reason must continue to be emphasised. In 2014, India’s ranking on the Global Hunger Index, which was then measuring 76 nations, was at number 55. This report said that 40 per cent of Indians suffered from food insecurity in 2019-2021 and that India alone accounted for more than …

Global Hunger Index report irresponsible, mischievous: RSS body demands action against publishers
2 years, 2 months ago

Global Hunger Index report irresponsible, mischievous: RSS body demands action against publishers

The Hindu  

The Swadeshi Jagran Manch on October 16 termed the 2022 Global Hunger Index report “irresponsible and mischievous” and urged the Union Government to take action against its publishers for “defaming” India. “The German non-governmental organisation Welt Hunger Hilfe has once again released the ranking of 121 countries based on the World Hunger Index, prepared in a very irresponsible way to …

Global Hunger Index attempt to tarnish India’s image: Centre
2 years, 2 months ago

Global Hunger Index attempt to tarnish India’s image: Centre

The Hindu  

The government has yet again rejected the Global Hunger Index 2022 which ranks India 107 among 121 countries and has called it “an erroneous measure of hunger” and an attempt to “taint” India’s image. It adds that that the fourth indicator, estimate of Proportion of Undernourished, population is based on an opinion poll conducted on a very small sample size …

‘Misinformation is the hallmark of Global Hunger Index 2022’: India slams rating as attempt to taint country’s image
2 years, 2 months ago

‘Misinformation is the hallmark of Global Hunger Index 2022’: India slams rating as attempt to taint country’s image

Firstpost  

The Global Hunger Report 2022 which was released by the Concern Worldwide and Welt Hunger Hilfe, non-government organisations from Ireland and Germany respectively, has ranked India at 107 among 121 countries New Delhi: India on Saturday slammed the recently published Global Hunger Index 2022 calling it an erroneous measure of hunger and stressing that the index suffers from serious methodological …

India ranks 107 on Global Hunger Index 2022, records highest child wasting rate
2 years, 2 months ago

India ranks 107 on Global Hunger Index 2022, records highest child wasting rate

The Hindu  

Published : Oct 15, 2022 15:32 IST India ranked 107 out of 121 countries in the Global Hunger Index 2022 with its child wasting rate at 19.3 per cent, being the highest in the world. “India’s child wasting rate, at 19.3 per cent, is the highest of any country in the world and drives up the region’s average owing to …

Global Hunger Index: India ranks 107 of 121 nations, behind Pakistan, Nepal
2 years, 2 months ago

Global Hunger Index: India ranks 107 of 121 nations, behind Pakistan, Nepal

Deccan Chronicle  

New Delhi: India ranked 107 out of 121 countries in the Global Hunger Index 2022 with its child wasting rate at 19.3 per cent, being the highest in the world. "India's child wasting rate, at 19.3 per cent, is the highest of any country in the world and drives up the region's average owing to India's large population," it said. …

India at 107th slot in Global Hunger Index 2022, slips 6 positions as compared to 2021
2 years, 2 months ago

India at 107th slot in Global Hunger Index 2022, slips 6 positions as compared to 2021

India TV News  

Global Hunger Index: India has slipped to the 107th position in the Global Hunger Index 2022 as compared to 101st position in 2021 lagging behind its neighbours Pakistan, Bangladesh, and Nepal. With a score of 29.1, the publishers of Global Hunger Index, European NGOs Concern Worldwide and Welthungerhilfe, have tagged the level of hunger as serious. Seventeen countries, including China, …

Global Hunger Index 2022: India slips six places, ranked 107 of 121 countries
2 years, 2 months ago

Global Hunger Index 2022: India slips six places, ranked 107 of 121 countries

Hindustan Times  

India slipped six places on Global Hunger Index 2022 to take 107th position out of 121 countries ranked. With a score of 29.1, the publishers of Global Hunger Index – European NGOs Concern Worldwide and Welthungerhilfe– have labelled the level of hunger as “serious.” India remains behind neighbours Pakistan, Bangladesh and Nepal, according to the Global Hunger Index 2022. Chidambaram’s …

India slips in Global Hunger Index, ranks 107 out of 121 nations
2 years, 2 months ago

India slips in Global Hunger Index, ranks 107 out of 121 nations

Al Jazeera  

Asia’s third-largest economy has registered impressive economic growth in recent decades but it fares poorly on UN human development indices. The GHI, jointly published by the German-based Welthungerhilfe and Dublin-based Concern Worldwide, which ranks countries by “severity”, gave India a score of 29.1 – a hunger level falling under the “serious” category. “South Asia … has the highest child stunting …

India ranks 107th out of 121 countries on Global Hunger Index
2 years, 2 months ago

India ranks 107th out of 121 countries on Global Hunger Index

The Hindu  

October 14, 2022 10:07 pm | Updated December 09, 2022 04:21 pm IST - NEW DELHI: India ranks 107 out of 121 countries on the Global Hunger Index in which it fares worse than all countries in South Asia barring war-torn Afghanistan. This is due to overlapping crises such as conflict, climate change, the economic fallout of the COVID-19 pandemic …

Starved of data: India’s hungry people go missing from FAO report
2 years, 5 months ago

Starved of data: India’s hungry people go missing from FAO report

The Hindu  

Published : Jul 24, 2022 18:00 IST The Food and Agriculture Organisation’s “State of Food Security and Nutrition in the World 2022” report begins with a dismal piece of data: the number of people unable to afford a healthy diet has increased by 112 million to touch 3.2 billion, a reflection of rising food prices during the pandemic. Even though …

India’s food response as ‘Vasudhaiva Kutumbakam’
2 years, 8 months ago

India’s food response as ‘Vasudhaiva Kutumbakam’

The Hindu  

Global hunger is on the rise, driven by the climate crisis, the COVID-19 pandemic shocks, conflicts, poverty, and inequality. In his 2014 UN General Assembly address, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said, “India’s traditional outlook sees the world as one family and that is linked to its Vedic tradition of Vasudhaiva Kutumbakam” — underlining its relevance not just for global peace, …

India slips in Global Hunger Index ranking
3 years, 1 month ago

India slips in Global Hunger Index ranking

The Hindu  

THE Narendra Modi government has rubbished a global report on hunger that describes India’s level of hunger as “serious” and rates the country, at 101, below its South Asian neighbours in the global rankings. A day after the GHI findings were published in the media, a statement from the Women and Child Development Ministry said that it was shocked to …

Comment | A reminder that India still trails in the hunger fight
3 years, 1 month ago

Comment | A reminder that India still trails in the hunger fight

The Hindu  

The Global Hunger Report has once again made headlines in India for the country’s poor ranking in terms of the Global Hunger Index. The indicators The Government of India, through a press release, refuted the GHI, claiming that it is ‘devoid of ground reality’ and based on ‘unscientific’ methodology. PoU, according to the FAO, ‘is an estimate of the proportion …

Data | Where does India stand on the global hunger index?
3 years, 2 months ago

Data | Where does India stand on the global hunger index?

The Hindu  

India was ranked 101 out of 116 countries in the recently released Global Hunger Index. The results of the National Family Health Survey-5 also showed that in the majority of the States for which data were released, stunting and wasting increased compared to the 2015-16 survey round. Click to remove AMP mode Nutrition assessment According to the GHI, the prevalence …

Patralekha Chatterjee | Why is India so prickly as it faces global gaze?
3 years, 2 months ago

Patralekha Chatterjee | Why is India so prickly as it faces global gaze?

Deccan Chronicle  

Is the world conspiring to make India look bad? The Narendra Modi government has trashed the latest Global Hunger Index in which India ranks 101 among 116 countries. India’s rank slipped to 101 from 94 and is now among the 31 countries where hunger has been identified as a “serious” problem. Recent official data from the first phase of the …

Government failed to measure scale of hunger to tailor its responses: Experts
3 years, 2 months ago

Government failed to measure scale of hunger to tailor its responses: Experts

The Hindu  

While the Government has launched a scathing attack against the publishers of the Global Hunger Index for India’s poor ranking, experts argue that not only were steps taken by the Government to check rising levels of hunger in a pandemic year inadequate, it also failed to measure the scale of hunger to tailor its responses. It also enumerated various schemes …

Data Collection On Global Hunger Index 2021 Flawed: Arvind Panagariya, Professor Of Economics, Columbia University To Kailashnath Adhikari, MD, Governance Now
3 years, 2 months ago

Data Collection On Global Hunger Index 2021 Flawed: Arvind Panagariya, Professor Of Economics, Columbia University To Kailashnath Adhikari, MD, Governance Now

ABP News  

Rubbishing India’s poor ranking in the recently released Global Hunger Index 2021, wherein India has slipped to 101st position below Pakistan, Nepal, and Bangladesh, Arvind Panagariya, professor of economics at Columbia University and former vice chairman, NITI Ayog has said that data collection and methodologies used for Global Hunger Index 2021 are flawed. you are relying on so little information …

Aakar Patel | As India's rank falls in Global Hunger Index, govt is in denial
3 years, 2 months ago

Aakar Patel | As India's rank falls in Global Hunger Index, govt is in denial

Deccan Chronicle  

In 2015, India’s ranking on the Global Hunger Index was 55. The representativeness of even this opinion poll is doubtful for India and other countries.” The government appears to be saying that it is doing its job by providing free grain to 60 per cent of the population, or over 800 million people. The United States Commission for International Religious …

Alarming hunger or statistical artefact?
3 years, 2 months ago

Alarming hunger or statistical artefact?

The Hindu  

This year’s Global Hunger Index did not go down well with the government. Had the GHI been estimated using the latest data on calorie intake, usually provided by the National Sample Survey Office, things might have looked even worse given that the leaked report of 2019 indicated that consumption expenditure in India declined between 2011-12 and 2017-18 by 4%. Tackling …

Global Hunger Index | Only 3.9% children malnourished, says government
3 years, 2 months ago

Global Hunger Index | Only 3.9% children malnourished, says government

The Hindu  

The value of a key indicator used in the Global Hunger Index is ‘inflated’ as there are only 3.9% anganwadi children found to be undernourished, the Government said on Sunday. “The real time data of beneficiaries registered on the Anganwadi platform include 7.79 crore children aged between 6 months to 6 years as per real-time Poshan Tracker data. Corresponding number …

Global Hunger Index not based on an opinion poll, says German non-profit Welthungerhilfe
3 years, 2 months ago

Global Hunger Index not based on an opinion poll, says German non-profit Welthungerhilfe

The Hindu  

German non-profit Welthungerhilfe that co-published the Global Hunger Index this year rubbished the Government's allegation on Saturday that its ranking of India as among the 16 worst countries was based on an opinion poll. Following the launch of the GHI on Thursday which ranked India 101 of 116 countries, the Government expressed its shock and questioned the ‘unscientific’ methodology used …

'Unscientific, Devoid Of Ground Realities': Centre Dismisses Low Global Hunger Report Rank
3 years, 2 months ago

'Unscientific, Devoid Of Ground Realities': Centre Dismisses Low Global Hunger Report Rank

News 18  

The Ministry of Women and Child Development on Friday said it was “shocked” at India’s lowered rank of 101 in the Global Hunger Report 2021 and dismissed the methodology used as “unscientific”. “The publishing agencies of the Global Hunger Report, Concern Worldwide and Welt Hunger Hilfe, have not done their due diligence before releasing the report,” a statement released by …

Global Hunger Index | India slams ‘methodology’ after country’s position tanks
3 years, 2 months ago

Global Hunger Index | India slams ‘methodology’ after country’s position tanks

The Hindu  

The Government on Friday challenged India’s poor ranking in the the Global Hunger Index 2021 and the methodology used calling it “devoid of ground reality and facts”. India ranked 94 among 107 countries in the Global Hunger Index released last year. Four-question opinion poll “The publishing agencies of the Global Hunger Report, Concern Worldwide and Welt Hunger Hilfe have not …

India Slips to 101st Rank in Global Hunger Index 2021; Behind Pak, B'desh and Nepal
3 years, 2 months ago

India Slips to 101st Rank in Global Hunger Index 2021; Behind Pak, B'desh and Nepal

News 18  

India has slipped to 101st position in the Global Hunger Index 2021 of 116 countries, from its 2020 position of 94th and is behind its neighbours Pakistan, Bangladesh and Nepal. Eighteen countries, including China, Brazil and Kuwait, shared the top rank with GHI score of less than five, the website of the Global Hunger Index that tracks hunger and malnutrition …

Global Hunger Index 2021: India slips to 101st rank; behind Pakistan, Nepal and Bangladesh
3 years, 2 months ago

Global Hunger Index 2021: India slips to 101st rank; behind Pakistan, Nepal and Bangladesh

Firstpost  

The report, prepared jointly by Irish aid agency Concern Worldwide and German organisation Welt Hunger Hilfe, termed the level of hunger in India “alarming” New Delhi: India has slipped to 101st position in the Global Hunger Index 2021 of 116 countries, from its 2020 position of 94th and is behind its neighbours Pakistan, Bangladesh and Nepal. Eighteen countries, including China, …

Global Hunger Index ranks India at 101 out of 116 countries
3 years, 2 months ago

Global Hunger Index ranks India at 101 out of 116 countries

The Hindu  

October 14, 2021 03:32 pm | Updated October 15, 2021 10:37 am IST - NEW DELHI: The Global Hunger Index launched on Thursday ranked India at 101 position out of a total 116 countries. India ranked 94 among 107 countries in the Global Hunger Index released last year. Current projections based on the Global Hunger Index show that the world …

India's rank in Global Hunger Index falls from 94th in 2020 to 101st in 2021, Pakistan and Bangladesh fare better
3 years, 2 months ago

India's rank in Global Hunger Index falls from 94th in 2020 to 101st in 2021, Pakistan and Bangladesh fare better

India Today  

The Global Hunger Index 2021 has ranked India 101st out of 116 countries. The 2021 report, prepared by Irish aid agency Concern Worldwide and German organisation Welt Hunger Hilfe, said the level of hunger in India is 'alarming'. INDIA'S GHI SCORE India's Global Hunger Index score has fallen from 38.8 in 2000 to somewhere in the range of 27.5 to …

Parliament proceedings | Agriculture MoS questions Global Hunger Index report’s methodology
3 years, 9 months ago

Parliament proceedings | Agriculture MoS questions Global Hunger Index report’s methodology

The Hindu  

Union Minister of State for Agriculture Parshottam Rupala, in the Rajya Sabha on Friday, questioned the methodology and data accuracy of the Global Hunger Index report, which has placed India at 94th rank in 2020. there should be awareness in society, our dynamic minister Smriti ji has started a jan andolan, and 13 crore events have been done.” In a …

Stepping out of the shadow of India’s malnutrition
4 years ago

Stepping out of the shadow of India’s malnutrition

The Hindu  

“School- er prarthana sabhar somoy hotat matha ghure pore jaoar ghotona hamesai ghotte dekhi amra. Global reports, measures Two recent reports — the annual report on “The State of Food Security and Nutrition in the World 2020” by the Food and Agricultural Organization of the United Nations and the 2020 Hunger report, “Better Nutrition, Better Tomorrow” by the Bread for …

The Hindu Explains | What explains India’s poor rank under the Global Hunger Index, and what are the solutions?
4 years, 1 month ago

The Hindu Explains | What explains India’s poor rank under the Global Hunger Index, and what are the solutions?

The Hindu  

The story so far: India has been ranked 94 on the 2020 Global Hunger Index, lower than neighbours like Bangladesh and Pakistan. The number of young children in India who are very short and thin, reflecting severe undernutrition, puts it alongside the poorest African nations, with some indicators showing actual declines over the last five years. India’s poor score comes …

No great escape: The Hindu Editorial on India’s low rank on nutritional indices
4 years, 2 months ago

No great escape: The Hindu Editorial on India’s low rank on nutritional indices

The Hindu  

India’s poor progress on nutritional indices must dispel the hubris surrounding strong economic growth for years, and turn national focus on persisting hunger, wasting and stunting among children. This year’s Global Hunger Index places India in the company of Sudan — rank 94 among 107 countries — with the unedifying assessment of the national situation as “serious”. Strengthening the PDS, …

India ranks 94 in Global Hunger Index: Full list here
4 years, 2 months ago

India ranks 94 in Global Hunger Index: Full list here

Hindustan Times  

India ranked 94 among 107 nations in the Global Hunger Index 2020 and is in the serious hunger category with experts blaming poor implementation processes and lack of effective monitoring in tackling malnutrition and poor performance by large states behind the low ranking. The Global Hunger Index is a tool for comprehensively measuring and tracking hunger at global, regional, and …

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