New Delhi: India has slipped to the 101st position in the Global Hunger Index.GHI) out of 116 countries by 2021 and is behind its neighbors Pakistan, Bangladesh and Nepal.
Eighteen countries including China, Brazil and KuwaitThe website of the Global Hunger Index, shared the top rank with a GHI score of less than five. which tracks hunger and malnutrition, said on Thursday. Report jointly produced by the Irish Aid Agency worldwide concern and German organizations welt hunger hilfe, termed hunger levels in India as “alarming”.
In 2020, India was ranked 94 out of 107 countries. Now it has come down to 101st place with 116 countries. India’s GHI score has also fallen – from 38.8 in 2000 to 28.8-27.5 between 2012 and 2021.
The GHI score is calculated on four indicators – undernutrition; Child wastage (the share of children under the age of five who are wasted i.e. who are underweight for their height, indicating acute malnutrition); Child stunting (children under five who are short for their age, indicating chronic malnutrition) and child mortality (mortality among children under five).
“People in India have been severely affected by the COVID-19 and pandemic restrictions,” the report said. According to the report, neighboring countries like Nepal and Pakistan have performed better in feeding their citizens than India.
Eighteen countries including China, Brazil and KuwaitThe website of the Global Hunger Index, shared the top rank with a GHI score of less than five. which tracks hunger and malnutrition, said on Thursday. Report jointly produced by the Irish Aid Agency worldwide concern and German organizations welt hunger hilfe, termed hunger levels in India as “alarming”.
In 2020, India was ranked 94 out of 107 countries. Now it has come down to 101st place with 116 countries. India’s GHI score has also fallen – from 38.8 in 2000 to 28.8-27.5 between 2012 and 2021.
The GHI score is calculated on four indicators – undernutrition; Child wastage (the share of children under the age of five who are wasted i.e. who are underweight for their height, indicating acute malnutrition); Child stunting (children under five who are short for their age, indicating chronic malnutrition) and child mortality (mortality among children under five).
“People in India have been severely affected by the COVID-19 and pandemic restrictions,” the report said. According to the report, neighboring countries like Nepal and Pakistan have performed better in feeding their citizens than India.
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