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Global Hunger Index 2018

India ranks a low 103th out of 119 countries on the Global Hunger Index (GHI) released on 11the October 2018.

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  • India ranks a low 103th out of 119 countries on the Global Hunger Index (GHI) released on 11the October 2018.
  • India is at the high end of the “serious” category.

More in the news

  • The GHI captures the multidimensional nature of hunger based on four indicators –
    1)  Undernourishment (share of the population with insufficient calorific intake).
    2) Under-5 child wasting (Low weight for height).
    3)  Under-5 child stunting (low height for age).
     4)  Under-5 child mortality.
    Findings of the report :
    • At least one in five Indian children under the age of five are ‘wasted’.
    • Wasting means they have extremely low weight for their height, reflecting acute under­nutrition.
    • India’s ranking has dropped three places from last year.
    • India has shown improvement in three of the indicators over the comparable reference years.
    • The percentage of undernourished people in the population has dropped from 18.2% in 2000 to 14.8% in 2018.
    • The child mortality rate has halved from 9.2% to 4.3%.
    • Child stunting has dropped from 54.2% to 38.4% over the same period.


Global scenario

  • Globally, the level of hunger still falls into the “serious” category, despite improvement over the last two decades.
  • The Index projects that at the current rate of progress, 50 countries will fail to reach the “low” hunger category by 2030.
  • This puts the UN’s Sustainable Development Goal 2, which aims to end hunger by 2030, in jeopardy.

Global Hunger Index (GHI)

  • The Global Hunger Index (GHI) is a tool designed to comprehensively measure and track hunger at global, regional, and national levels.
  • GHI scores are calculated each year to assess progress and setbacks in combating hunger.
    The GHI is designed to :
  • Raise awareness and understanding of the struggle against hunger,
  • Provide a way to compare levels of hunger between countries and regions,
  • Call attention to those areas of the world where hunger levels are highest and where the need for additional efforts to eliminate hunger is greatest.
  • The report is jointly published by the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI), Concern Worldwide, and Welthungerhilfe.

Source

The Hindu, Indian Express, ghi.org.
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