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&lt;p style=&quot;text-align:justify&quot;&gt;The Global Hunger Report (GHR) has once again made headlines in India for the country&amp;rsquo;s poor ranking in terms of the Global Hunger Index (GHI). The report ranks India at 101 out of 116 countries, with the country falling in the category of having a &amp;lsquo;serious&amp;rsquo; hunger situation. The ranks are not comparable across years because of various methodological issues and so it is wrong to say that India&amp;rsquo;s standing has fallen from 94 (out of 107) in 2020. However, it is true that year after year, India ranks at the lower end &amp;mdash; below a number of other countries that are poorer in terms of per capita incomes. This in itself is cause for concern.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style=&quot;text-align:justify&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;The indicators&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style=&quot;text-align:justify&quot;&gt;The Government of India, through a press release, refuted the GHI, claiming that it is &amp;lsquo;devoid of ground reality&amp;rsquo; and based on &amp;lsquo;unscientific&amp;rsquo; methodology. The GHI is &amp;lsquo;based on four indicators &amp;mdash; percentage of undernourished in the population (PoU); percentage of children under five years who suffer from wasting (low weight-for-height); percentage of children under five years who suffer from stunting (low height-for-age), and percentage of children who die before the age of five (child mortality)&amp;rsquo;. The first and the last indicators have a weight of one-third each and the two child malnutrition indicators account for one-sixth weightage each in the final GHI, where each indicator is standardised based on thresholds set slightly above the highest country-level values. Looking at each of these indicators separately, India shows a worsening in PoU and childhood wasting in comparison with 2012. It is the PoU figure of 15.3% for 2018-20 that the Government is contesting.&lt;/p&gt;

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                <p style="text-align:justify">-The Hindu</p><p style="text-align:justify"><em>The Government&rsquo;s objection to the methodology of the Global Hunger Index is not based on facts</em></p><p style="text-align:justify">The Global Hunger Report (GHR) has once again made headlines in India for the country&rsquo;s poor ranking in terms of the Global Hunger Index (GHI). The report ranks India at 101 out of 116 countries, with the country falling in the category of having a &lsquo;serious&rsquo; hunger situation. The ranks are not comparable across years because of various methodological issues and so it is wrong to say that India&rsquo;s standing has fallen from 94 (out of 107) in 2020. However, it is true that year after year, India ranks at the lower end &mdash; below a number of other countries that are poorer in terms of per capita incomes. This in itself is cause for concern.</p><p style="text-align:justify"><em>The indicators</em></p><p style="text-align:justify">The Government of India, through a press release, refuted the GHI, claiming that it is &lsquo;devoid of ground reality&rsquo; and based on &lsquo;unscientific&rsquo; methodology. The GHI is &lsquo;based on four indicators &mdash; percentage of undernourished in the population (PoU); percentage of children under five years who suffer from wasting (low weight-for-height); percentage of children under five years who suffer from stunting (low height-for-age), and percentage of children who die before the age of five (child mortality)&rsquo;. The first and the last indicators have a weight of one-third each and the two child malnutrition indicators account for one-sixth weightage each in the final GHI, where each indicator is standardised based on thresholds set slightly above the highest country-level values. Looking at each of these indicators separately, India shows a worsening in PoU and childhood wasting in comparison with 2012. It is the PoU figure of 15.3% for 2018-20 that the Government is contesting.</p><p style="text-align:justify">Please <a href="https://www.thehindu.com/opinion/op-ed/a-reminder-that-india-still-trails-in-the-hunger-fight/article37168319.ece" title="https://www.thehindu.com/opinion/op-ed/a-reminder-that-india-still-trails-in-the-hunger-fight/article37168319.ece">click here</a> to read more.&nbsp;</p>               </font>
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A reminder that India still trails in the hunger fight -Dipa Sinha

-The Hindu The Government’s objection to the methodology of the Global Hunger Index is not based on facts The Global Hunger Report (GHR) has once again made headlines in India for the country’s poor ranking in terms of the Global Hunger Index (GHI). The report ranks India at 101 out of 116 countries, with the country falling in the category of having a ‘serious’ hunger situation. The ranks are not comparable across years because of various methodological issues and so it is wrong to say that India’s standing has fallen from 94 (out of 107) in 2020. However, it is true that year after year, India ranks at the lower end — below a number of other countries that are poorer in terms of per capita incomes. This in itself is cause for concern. The indicators The Government of India, through a press release, refuted the GHI, claiming that it is ‘devoid of ground reality’ and based on ‘unscientific’ methodology. The GHI is ‘based on four indicators — percentage of undernourished in the population (PoU); percentage of children under five years who suffer from wasting (low weight-for-height); percentage of children under five years who suffer from stunting (low height-for-age), and percentage of children who die before the age of five (child mortality)’. The first and the last indicators have a weight of one-third each and the two child malnutrition indicators account for one-sixth weightage each in the final GHI, where each indicator is standardised based on thresholds set slightly above the highest country-level values. Looking at each of these indicators separately, India shows a worsening in PoU and childhood wasting in comparison with 2012. It is the PoU figure of 15.3% for 2018-20 that the Government is contesting. Please click here to read more.