GLOBAL HUNGER INDEX 2021

India has slipped to 101st position in the Global Hunger Index (GHI) 2021 of 116 countries, from its 2020 position of 94th

Important points:

Jointly published by Concern Worldwide and Welthungerhilfe.
It was first produced in 2006. It is published every October. The 2021 edition marks the 16th edition of the GHI.
To comprehensively measure and track hunger at the global, regional, and country levels.

It is calculated on the basis of four indicators:

Scoring:

Based on the values of the four indicators, the GHI determines hunger on a 100-point scale where 0 is the best possible score (no hunger) and 100 is the worst.
Each country’s GHI score is classified by severity, from low to extremely alarming.
Undernourishment data are provided by the Food and Agriculture Organisation and child mortality data are sourced from the UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (UN IGME).
Child wasting and stunting data are drawn from the joint database of UNICEF, the World Health Organization (WHO) and the World Bank, among others.

Indian Scenario

Since 2000, India has made substantial progress, but there are still areas of concern, particularly regarding child nutrition.
India’s GHI score has decreased from a 2000 GHI score of 38.8 points – considered alarming – to a 2021 GHI score of 27.5 – considered serious.
The proportion of undernourished in the population and the under-five child mortality rate are now at relatively low levels.
While child stunting has seen a significant decrease – from 54.2% in 1998-1999 to 34.7% in 2016-2018 – it is still considered very high.
At 17.3%, India has the highest child wasting rate of all countries covered in the GHI. This rate is slightly higher than it was in 1998-1999, when it was 17.1%.
According to the Index, only 15 countries fare worse than India.
India was also behind most of the neighbouring countries. Pakistan was placed at 92, Nepal and Bangladesh at 76 and Sri Lanka at 65.

SOURCE: THE HINDU,THE ECONOMIC TIMES,MINT

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