#24: Global Hunger Index | Explained

All you need to know about GHI & GoI stance

India is ranked 107/121 on Global Hunger Index. (Topic: GS2 Issues related to Hunger)

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What's it?

A tool to measure & track hunger at 3 levels:

- Global
- Regional
- National

Released by 2 European NGOs every year in October

- Concern Worldwide
- Welthungerhilfe

Score based on 4 indicators

- Undernourishment
- Child Stunting
- Child Wasting
- Child Mortality

5 categories of hunger based on 0-100 scores

- Low
- Moderate
- Serious (India is in this category)
- Alarming
- Extremely Alarming

Data sources

- Undernourishment: FAO
- Child Stunting/Wasting: Joint data of UNICEF, WHO, World Bank
- Child Mortality: UN- IGME

Global scene

- Owing to multiple factors like war and pandemic, global fight against hunger is off the track
- Food security is threatened
- Africa & S. Asia are regions with highest levels

Indian scene

- Poor in child wasting and undernourishment
- Improvement in child stunting and mortality
- GoI calls FAO data collection methods unscientific

GoI's discarded report. Why?

- 3/4 indices are only about children (wasting, stunting and mortality)
- The data collection methodology is considered unscientific by GoI

Indian efforts wrt eradicating hunger

- Eat Right India Movement
- POSHAN Abhiyan
- PMMVY
- NFSA 2013
- Fortification
- Mission Indradhanush
- ICDS scheme

PS: Do read Indian Express Explained Article on 18-10-2022 about GoI stand. This topic is related to GS2: Issues related to hunger

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