Global Hunger Index 2022

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Level of hunger in India 'serious', ranks 107 on 2022 Global Hunger ... (Economic Times)

In Asia, Afghanistan with a rank of 109 is the only country behind India. Neighbouring countries - Pakistan (99), Bangladesh (84), Nepal (81) and Sri Lanka ...

[Global Hunger Index 2022](/topic/global-hunger-index-2022)with its child wasting rate at 19.3 per cent, being the highest in the world. [Asia](/topic/asia), Afghanistan with a rank of 109 is the only country behind India. As the authors conclude, this variability across states indicates the need for contextualized policy and programmatic initiatives to help focus the efforts in the sectors that need the most attention for continued decline in stunting," it said. 22.4 crore people in India are considered undernourished." "Possible solutions and the scale of investment required are known and quantified. Researchers investigated the factors that contributed to a decline in stunting in four Indian states between 2006 and 2016: Chhattisgarh, Gujarat, Odisha, and This translates into 224.3 million people in India being undernourished out of the total 828 million people globally. Government must take responsibility for this era of darkness India has been brought to in 8.5 years. "Dangerous, sharp slide of India on global hunger index since 2014. Enough of PR, spin & lies," Yechury tweeted. "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. South Asia, the region with the world's highest hunger level, has the highest child stunting rate and by far the highest child wasting rate in the world, the report said.

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Global Hunger Index 2022: India ranks 107 out of 121; hunger level ... (Business Standard)

The 2022 Global Hunger Index has once again brought India face to face with the grim reality of hunger crisis, child malnutrition in the country.

GHI is a tool designed to comprehensively measure and track hunger at global, regional and [national](/category/current-affairs-news-national-1150106.htm) levels. GHI aims to assess the progress and setbacks of nations worldwide in combating hunger. [India](/topic/india) was ranked 101st out of 116 countries in the GHI 2021 and 94th out of 107 assessed countries in 2020. Anjali Bharadwaj, activist and expert on food security, said, "There is a huge crisis in the country today, especially for the people working in the informal sector. Meanwhile, with an overall score below 5, China has remained in the "low hunger" category for the third time in a row. So, what is clear is that basic nutrition and food security have taken a very big blow." [India](/topic/india) ranked 107th out of 121 assessed countries on the 2022 [Global Hunger Index](/topic/global-hunger-index) (GHI). With 35.5 per cent of children below five years stunted (low height for age), India, Pakistan, and Afghanistan are among the worst-performing countries. Talking to Business Standard, Basanta Kumar Kar, Chief Adviser-cum-Mentor, The Coalition For Food and Nutrition Security, said, "The government should focus on wasting and low birth weight babies where death knocks on the door 24X7. Unemployment is at an all time high and inflation is not going down. [National](/category/current-affairs-news-national-1150106.htm) Family Health Survey (NFHS-5) and FAO (Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations) Food Security Indicators as its sources for India has highlighted that child wasting (low-weight-for-height) rate in India, at 19.3 per cent, is the highest of any country in the world. With an overall score of 29.1 (see table below to understand the measurement), the level of hunger in [India](/topic/india) has been categorised as "serious".

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Global Hunger Index 2022: हंगर इंडेक्स के अलावा इन मामलों में लगातार ... (ABP News)

Global Hunger Index 2022: वैश्विक भुखमरी सूचकांक की रैंकिंग की ताजा रिपोर्ट में भारत फिर से पिछड़ ...

वहीं, 2020 में 167 देशों की लोकतंत्र सूचकांक की रिपोर्ट में भारत 53वें स्थान पर रहा था. ब्रिटेन की इकॉनोमिस्ट इंटेलिजेंस यूनिट की ओर जारी की गई लोकतंत्र सूचकांक की 2021 की रिपोर्ट में भारत 46वें नंबर पर था. मानव विकास सूचकांक की सूची में नेपाल और पाकिस्तान को छोड़कर भारत अपने बाकी पड़ोसी देशों से पीछे था. 180 देशों की सूची में नेपाल 76वें स्थान पर था तो श्रीलंका 146, पाकिस्तान 157, बांग्लादेश 162 और म्यांमार 176वें स्थान पर था. 2020 की सूची में भारत एक पायदान ऊपर यानी 131वें स्थान पर था. 2021 की सूची में पड़ोसी देश- पाकिस्तान, बांग्लादेश और नेपाल भारत से आगे थे.

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India Falls To 107th Rank In Global Hunger Index 2022 (Jagran Josh)

India has always been at the forefront of hunger issues, it has slipped 6 ranks in the 2022 Global Hunger Index, ranking 107 out of 121.

The current onslaught of concurrent global crises is likely to make the situation worse. The report states that India has the highest child-wasting rate of 19.3% in the world, owing to its huge population. A score of 100 indicates that a nation's levels of undernourishment, child wasting, child stunting, and child mortality perfectly meet the benchmarks set just slightly above the highest levels seen globally in recent decades, which is not possible. The situation has gotten worse in numerous nations and regions. War-stricken Afghanistan (109) is the only South Asian nation ranked below India. Belarus, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Chile, China, Croatia, Estonia, Hungary, Kuwait, Latvia, Lithuania, Montenegro, North Macedonia, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia, Turkey, Uruguay, and are the top 17 nations.

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Global Hunger Index कौन जारी करता है? कंगाल पाकिस्‍तान और श्रीलंका ... (नवभारत टाइम्स)

Global Hunger Index 2022 Rankings: ग्‍लोबल हंगर इंडेक्‍स 2022 में भारत की रैंकिंग आर्थिक रूप से बदहाल ...

आखिर ग्लोबल हंगर इंडेक्स किस आधार पर तैयार किया जाता है? सबको भारत से बेहतर रैकिंग मिली है। इंडेक्स के अनुसार, भारत अब जाम्बिया, सिएरा लियोन, लाइबेरिया, हैती, रिपब्लिक ऑफ कॉन्गो जैसे देशों की कतार में खड़ा है। जाहिर है, विपक्षी दलों ने रिपोर्ट को हाथों-हाथ लिया और बीजेपी नीत केंद्र सरकार पर निशाना साधा। हालांकि, यह सवाल भी है कि भारत में भुखमरी की स्थिति क्या पाकिस्तान और श्रीलंक से भी गई-गुजरी है? [Global Hunger Index 2022](https://navbharattimes.indiatimes.com/india/global-hunger-index-2022-india-ranks-107-out-of-121-countries-below-from-pakistan/articleshow/94875103.cms?utm_source=hyperlink&utm_medium=business-news-articleshow&utm_campaign=article-1)में भारत में 29.1 का स्कोर मिला है। भीषण बाढ़ का सामना करने वाला पाकिस्तान और भीषणतम आर्थिक संकट में डूबा श्रीलंका भी हमसे आगे है। बांग्लादेश, नेपाल और म्यांमार...

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Global Hunger Index 2022: India slips to 107 rank, behind Pakistan ... (CNBCTV18)

Almost all of India's neighbours, including Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, Nepal, and Myanmar, ranked ahead of India.

Almost all of India’s neighbours fared well with Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, Nepal, and Myanmar ranking 99, 64, 84, 81, and 71, respectively. The Index, published annually, tracks hunger globally as well as by region and country. The Global Hunger Index scores are determined based on the values of four component indicators – child mortality, child stunting, child wasting and undernourishment.

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Global Hunger Index में 6 पायदान गिरा भारत, भुखमरी में पाक-श्रीलंका ... (India Ahead Hindi)

ग्लोबल हंगर इंडेक्स की ताजा रिपोर्ट में भारत की स्थिति और भी खराब हो गई है.

वहीं ग्लोबल हंगर इंडेक्स की रिपोर्ट में एशियाई देशों में भारत की स्थिति सिर्फ अफगानिस्तान से बेहतर बताई गई है. रिपोर्ट में भारत में ‘भूख’ की स्थिति को गंभीर बताया है. ताजा रिपोर्ट में भारत की स्थिति और भी खराब हो गई है.

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Global Hunger Index 2022: India slips six places, ranked 107 of 121 ... (The Kashmir Walla)

India slipped six places on GHI 2022 to take 107th position out of 121 countries. India is ranked behind all south Asian countries except Afghanistan.

For 15 countries — including Guinea, Mozambique, Uganda, Zimbabwe, Burundi, Somalia, South Sudan, and Syria — ranks could not be determined owing to lack of data, the report said. of the Congo, Madagascar, Central African Republic, Yemen. Neighbouring Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, Nepal, and Myanmar have been ranked 99, 64, 84, 81, and 71 respectively – all countries above India.

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ग्लोबल हंगर इंडेक्स में और नीचे फिसला भारत, 121 देशों में 107वां नंबर (Financial Express (Hindi))

Global Hunger Index 2022 : ग्लोबल हंगर इंडेक्स (Global Hunger Index 2022) में भारत की स्थिति साल-दर-साल नीचे ...

ग्लोबल हंगर इंडेक्स में 15 देशों के लिए रैंक का निर्धारण नहीं किए जाने की बात भी सामने आई है. Global Hunger Index 2022 : ग्लोबल हंगर इंडेक्स (Global Hunger Index 2022) में भारत की स्थिति साल-दर-साल नीचे फिसलती जा रही है. ग्लोबल हंगर इंडेक्स के प्रकाशकों ने इस सूचकांक में 29.1 स्कोर के साथ भारत में ‘भूख’ की स्थिति को गंभीर बताया है.

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Global Hunger Index 2022: ग्लोबल हंगर इंडेक्स में पाकिस्तान और नेपाल ... (Rewa riyasat)

India's Rank In Global Hunger Index 2022: ग्लोबल हंगर इंडेक्स में भारत की रैंक इतनी नीचे गिर गई है कि ...

GHI में भारत को 29.1 स्कोर मिला है मतलब यहां हालत अब गंभीर हो गई है. भारत सरकार कहती है कि साल 2000 में भारत का GHI स्कोर 38.8 हुआ करता था. Global Hunger Index 2021 में भारत 7 पायदान नीचे गिरकर 101 नंबर पर आया था और अब 6 पायदान फिर से नीचे चला गया है और इस बार भारत की रैंक 107 हो गई है. मतलब भारत की हालत देश के पडोसी मुल्कों से भी ज़्यादा खराब है. जबकि श्रीलंका जो आर्थिक संकट से गुजर रहा है उस देश की रैंक 64 है, गरीब मुल्क पाकिस्तान 99 स्थान में है. Global Hunger Index India Rank: ग्लोबल हंगर इंडेक्स के मामले में भारत लगातार पिछड़ता जा रहा है.

Global Hunger Report 2022- The index is an erroneous measure of ... (PIB)

Series of measures taken by Government to ensure food security. Posted On: 15 OCT 2022 7:06PM by PIB Delhi. A consistent effort is yet ...

The three other indicators apart from PoU, included in Global Hunger Index relate primarily to children viz. - Under Anganwadi Services, since Covid-19 pandemic, supplementary nutrition was provided to approximately 7.71 crore children upto the age of 6 years and to 1.78 crore pregnant women and lactating mothers. Though an assurance was forthcoming that there will be further engagement on this issue, the publication of the Global Hunger Index report irrespective of such factual considerations is regrettable. Three out of the four indicators used for calculation of the index are related to health of Children and cannot be representative of the entire population. The FAO estimate is based on “Food Insecurity Experience Scale (FIES)” Survey Module conducted through Gallop World Poll, which is an “opinion poll” based on “8 questions” with a sample size of “3000 respondents”. Misinformation seems to be the hallmark of the annually released Global Hunger Index.

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'Erroneous': Centre slams Global Hunger Index ranking India behind ... (Hindustan Times)

The ministry of women and child development, in a statement, said the index is an “erroneous measure of hunger” and suffers from “serious methodological ...

In Asia, Afghanistan with a rank of 109 is the only country behind India. The FAO estimate is based on ‘Food Insecurity Experience Scale (FIES)’ Survey Module conducted through Gallop World Poll, which is an ‘opinion poll’ based on ‘8 questions’ with a sample size of ‘3000 respondents’. The fourth and most important indicator estimate of Proportion of Undernourished (PoU) population is based on an opinion poll conducted on a very small sample size of 3000,” the ministery said in the statement. “Taking a one-dimensional view, the report lowers India’s rank based on the estimate of Proportion of Undernourished (PoU) population for India at 16.3%. “A consistent effort is yet again visible to taint India’s image as a Nation that does not fulfill the food security and nutritional requirements of its population. [Global Hunger Index ](https://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/global-hunger-index-2022-india-slips-six-places-ranked-107-of-121-countries-101665804181638.html)2022 report which ranked India 107 out of 121 countries with its child-wasting rate at 19.3 per cent, being the highest in the world.

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Global Hunger Index 2022: विपक्ष ने साधा निशाना, सरकार ने किया खंडन ... (अमर उजाला)

ग्लोबल हंगर इंडेक्स के आंकड़ों को देखें तो जाम्बिया, अफगानिस्तान, तिमोर-लेस्ते, ...

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India on Global Hunger Index ranking: 'Erroneous, suffers from ... (Livemint)

India on Saturday rejected the Global Hunger Index 2022 ranking, saying it was a consistent effort to taint the country's image.

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'Misinformation seems to be the hallmark': India trashes Global ... (Business Today)

The government said that a consistent effort is yet again visible to taint India's image as a nation that does not fulfill the food security and nutritional ...

Though an assurance was forthcoming that there will be further engagement on this issue, the publication of the Global Hunger Index report irrespective of such factual considerations is regrettable," it said. "The fourth and most important indicator estimate of the Proportion of Undernourished (PoU) population is based on an opinion poll conducted on a very small sample size of 3000," it added. Last year, India was ranked 101st but this time it slipped further in the index that tracks hunger globally.

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'Misinformation is the hallmark of Global Hunger Index 2022': India ... (Firstpost)

The Global Hunger Report 2022 which was released by the Concern Worldwide and Welt Hunger Hilfe, non-government organisations from Ireland and Germany ...

Follow us on [also read] [Fwire](https://www.firstpost.com/category/fwire) [Global report says one in four children malnourished](https://www.firstpost.com/fwire/global-report-says-one-in-four-children-malnourished-214857.html) Calculating hunger, based on mainly indicators relating to health indicators of children is neither scientific nor rational, it pointed out. Taking a one-dimensional view, the report lowers India’s rank based on the estimate of Proportion of Undernourished (PoU) population for India at 16.3%.” The fourth and most important indicator estimate of Proportion of Undernourished (PoU) population is based on an opinion poll conducted on a very small sample size of 3000,” a statement from the Ministry of Women and Child Development read. Three out of the four indicators used for calculation of the index are related to health of children and cannot be representative of the entire population. 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

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Global Hunger Index: 'देश की छवि बिगाड़ने की कोशिश', वैश्विक भुखमरी ... (ABP News)

Indian Governement On Global Hunger Index: वैश्विक भुखमरी सूचकांक-2022 को लेकर 121 देशों की रैंकिंग की सूची ...

सरकार ने कहा कि एफआईईएस के माध्यम से लिए गए एक छोटे से सैंपल से एकत्र किए गए डेटा का उपयोग भारत के लिए कुपोषित आबादी के अनुपात (PoU) की गणना करने के लिए किया गया है जो न केवल गलत है बल्कि अनैतिक भी है. ये स्पष्ट है कि इस तरह के प्रश्न सरकार द्वारा पोषण संबंधी सहायता प्रदान करने और खाद्य सुरक्षा के आश्वासन के बारे में सही जानकारी की खोज नहीं करते हैं. भारत सरकार की ओर से आगे कहा गया कि जुलाई 2022 में एफआईईएस सर्वेक्षण मॉड्यूल डेटा के आधार पर ऐसे अनुमानों का उपयोग नहीं करने के लिए एफएओ के साथ मामला उठाया गया था क्योंकि इसका सांख्यिकीय आउटपुट योग्यता पर आधारित नहीं होगा. प्रधानमंत्री मातृ वंदना योजना के तहत 1.5 करोड़ से अधिक पंजीकृत महिलाओं को उनके पहले बच्चे के जन्म पर गर्भावस्था और प्रसव के बाद की अवधि के दौरान मजदूरी समर्थन और पौष्टिक भोजन के लिए 5000 रुपये प्रदान किए गए. एफएओ का अनुमान गैलप वर्ल्ड पोल के माध्यम से आयोजित "खाद्य असुरक्षा अनुभव स्केल (एफआईईएस)" सर्वेक्षण मॉड्यूल पर आधारित है, जो 3000 उत्तरदाताओं के नमूने के आकार के साथ 8 प्रश्नों पर आधारित एक जनमत सर्वेक्षण है. भारत सरकार ने कहा कि चौथा और सबसे महत्वपूर्ण संकेतक, कुपोषित आबादी के अनुपात (पीओयू) का अनुमान 3000 के बहुत छोटे सैंपल पर किए गए एक जनमत सर्वेक्षण पर आधारित है.

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India ranks 107 on Global Hunger Index 2022, records highest child ... (ETHealthworld.com)

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 pop..

StemOne has anti-inflammatory and immunosuppressive properties which reduce inflammation in the knee joint. 22.4 crore people in India are considered undernourished." As the authors conclude, this variability across states indicates the need for contextualized policy and programmatic initiatives to help focus the efforts in the sectors that need the most attention for continued decline in stunting," it said. "Possible solutions and the scale of investment required are known and quantified. Government must take responsibility for this era of darkness India has been brought to in 8.5 years. Researchers investigated the factors that contributed to a decline in stunting in four Indian states between 2006 and 2016: Chhattisgarh, Gujarat, Odisha, and Tamil Nadu," it said. This translates into 224.3 million people in India being undernourished out of the total 828 million people globally. "Dangerous, sharp slide of India on global hunger index since 2014. Activists and politicians have hit out the government for India's ranking. Enough of PR, spin & lies," Yechury tweeted. The Global Hunger Index (GHI) is a tool for comprehensively measuring and tracking hunger at global, regional, and national levels. South Asia, the region with the world's highest hunger level, has the highest child stunting rate and by far the highest child wasting rate in the world, the report said.

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Global Hunger Index attempt to tarnish India's image: Centre (The Hindu)

Alarming hunger or statistical artefact? The GHI scores are calculated using four indicators — undernourishment, child stunting, child wasting and child ...

the pattern of the diet, and reveal the extent to which the food supply of the country, as a whole, is adequate in relation to nutritional requirements. These show the trends in the overall national food supply, disclose changes that may have taken place in the types of food consumed, i.e. This is the second year in a row the government has rejected the GHI rankings. - Global Hunger Index 2021 China, in contrast, was among the countries collectively ranked among 1 and 17 for least hunger. It also wrongly claims that the ranks are based on an opinion poll.

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On India's Global Hunger Index ranking, Mahua Moitra's ... (Hindustan Times)

The Modi government rejected the findings, claiming it was an effort to taint the country's image and the index suffers from serious methodological issues ...

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India ranked 107 on hunger index; govt says bid to taint country's ... (The Indian Express)

India trails Pak, Bangla; govt says proportion of undernourished based on opinion poll of only 3000.

From 18.4% in 2000 it dropped to 17.5% in 2007 and 14.8% in 2014, to rise to 16.3% in 2022. At 19.3%, according to latest data, “India has the highest child wasting rate of all countries covered in GHI. Countries with values above the “very low” threshold for one or both of these indicators are included in GHI. Mortality rate for children under 5 years has also reduced from 9.2% in 2000 to 3.3% in 2022, the report shows. The proportion of undernourished in the country has, however, increased since 2014, according to GHI. “India’s GHI score has decreased from a score of 38.8 points (in 2000) — considered alarming — to a 2022 GHI score of 29.1, considered serious. With a score of 29.1, the GHI finds the level of hunger in India “serious’’. It claimed the Centre is running “largest food security programme in the world”. The Global Hunger Report 2022 released by Concern Worldwide and Welt Hunger Hilfe, NGOs from Ireland and Germany respectively, has ranked India at 107 among 121 countries…” India’s proportion of undernourished in the population is considered to be at medium level, and its under-five child mortality rate is considered low. The report said 17 countries “with 2022 GHI scores of less than 5 are not assigned individual ranks, but rather are collectively ranked 1-17”, as differences between their scores are “minimal”. According to the report, child wasting increased from 17.1% in 2000 to 20% in 2007; it dropped to 15.1% in 2014 and then increased to 19.3% in 2022.

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India slips to 107th rank in Global Hunger Index 2022 (Vanguard)

India ranked 107 out of about 120 countries and regions in the Global Hunger Index (GHI) 2022, according to the latest GHI report on Saturday.

While, Child stunting measures the proportion of children under the age of five who have low height for their age due to the impact of chronic undernutrition. Child wasting refers to the share of children under the age of five who have low weight for their height as a result of acute undernutrition. The GHI score is been calculated on four indicators, undernourishment, child wasting, child stunting and the mortality rate of children under the age of five.

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Global Hunger Index: India ranks 107 on list of 121 nations (Financial Express)

The country, as was the case with the rankings from the past couple of years, also lags other large emerging economies, including China, Brazil and Russia.

The hunger score of the world is currently at 18.2, which has been only slightly lower than the 2014 score of 19.1. The other is that it must use population estimates of 2022 rather than 2001 in calculating coverage under the NFSA. An aspect of child under-nutrition that bears investigation, as per Chetan Choithani, assistant professor at the National Institute of Advanced Studies, Bengaluru, is nutritional deficit’s link to gender. While India has been seeing a general trend of decline across all four indicators for some years, its showing on child wasting (low weight for their height, signalling acute malnutrition) and undernourishment has worsened slightly in 2022 over 2014. A nation’s level of ‘hunger’ is assessed after standardisation of the country’s showing across four indicators — prevalence of undernourishment (daily caloric intake lower than the benchmark), child stunting, child wasting, and under-five mortality. Biraj Patnaik, former principal adviser to the commissioners of the Supreme Court in the Right to Food case, believes the data don’t lend themselves well to meaningful cross-country comparisons on an annual basis.

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