India has slipped to one hundred and first rank within the Global Hunger Index (GHI) 2021 of 116 international locations, from 94th place in 2020. It is now behind its neighbors Pakistan, Bangladesh and Nepal.
Reacting sharply to the report, the Ministry of Women and Child Development mentioned it was “shocking” that the Global Hunger Report 2021 has lowered India’s rank based mostly on an FAO estimate on the proportion of the malnourished inhabitants, which is “deprived”. ” is found. The ground reality and more serious functioning of facts are plagued with issues”.
“The publishing agencies of Global Hunger Report, Concern Worldwide and Welt Hungerhilfe have not done their due diligence prior to releasing the report,” the ministry mentioned in a press release. The ministry claimed that the methodology utilized by the FAO is “unscientific”.
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With inputs from TheIndianEXPRESS
