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&lt;em&gt;The fact is that even if India was a few notches higher, it still would be among the severe cases in terms of the magnitude of malnourishment.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
Do we really trail North Korea and Iraq in the malnutrition stakes? There have been outbursts of anger at India being ranked 100th out 119 countries in the latest edition of the Global Hunger Index by the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI). Experts are quarrelling over the methodology and evaluation parameters and in a hyper-polarised India, it comes as no surprise that the hunger scores have triggered jousts between supporters and critics of the Narendra Modi government.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Has malnutrition really worsened since 2014? The short answer &amp;mdash; we don&amp;rsquo;t know because we don&amp;rsquo;t have the most recent data.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
But does the commotion over such ranks really matter when Santoshi, an 11-year-old girl in Jharkhand, died begging for rice last fortnight? According to a Web portal, the girl died crying for bhaat (rice). Her family didn&amp;rsquo;t have any. Her family&amp;rsquo;s ration card was reportedly cancelled because it was not linked to their Aadhaar number, say local Right to Food Campaign activists. With the Durga Puja holidays on, there had been no school, therefore no mid-day meals and no sustenance at home. Santoshi barely had had anything to eat for almost a week. The local authorities say the girl died due to malaria and not starvation. The state&amp;rsquo;s chief minister has announced a probe.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Which brings us to the real issues. Santoshi was not the first victim of malnutrition. She will not be the last. However, it is useful to remind ourselves that even if Santoshi had malaria, her chances of survival would have been far greater had she had minimum nutrition and therefore resilience. Disease fells the undernourished first.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
In March this year, in response to an unstarred question in the Lok Sabha, the minister for women and child development said the data regarding the number of deaths from malnutrition is not maintained by the ministry. &amp;ldquo;Malnutrition is a multi-faceted problem and is not a direct cause of death but contributes to mortality and morbidity by reducing resistance to infections,&amp;rdquo; the minister said, adding that 14 complaints relating to the deaths of children due to malnutrition had been received by the National Commission for Protection of Child Rights (NCPCR) in the past three years and the current year. Many of us are angry. But are we angry enough?&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
The fact is that even if India was a few notches higher, it still would be among the severe cases in terms of the magnitude of malnourishment. While ranking of any particular country is not comparable over years because of changes in methodology and the number of countries covered, there are some facts that cannot be contested. Despite significant economic growth, India continues to trail way behind its peers in many key social indicators, including malnourishment.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
It has been pointed out that India&amp;rsquo;s rank in the latest Global Hunger Index didn&amp;rsquo;t really reflect the situation on the ground as India&amp;rsquo;s data was a few years old and that 44 &amp;ldquo;richer&amp;rdquo; countries which were earlier excluded from the survey were included in the most recent one.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
What should worry us is that &amp;ldquo;more than one-fifth of Indian children under five weigh too little for their height, and over a third are too short for their age,&amp;rdquo; according to IFPRI. And every year, when the United Nations releases its Human Development Index, there is much hand-wringing about India&amp;rsquo;s lowly position relative to its peers, but whoops of joy on finding that Pakistan fares even worse.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
India now has a National Health Policy, a National Nutrition Strategy. The Niti Aayog has recommended that the government develop a full-fledged Web-enabled nutrition information system. What does this mean for the millions who go hungry to bed night after night? What will be done to make sure that they have the necessary nutrition to be healthy and productive and not die like Santoshi?&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
We didn&amp;rsquo;t need the Global Hunger Index to tell us that India has a severe malnutrition problem. There are heaps of official data which tell you about the numbers of stunted and wasted children. As development economist Jean Dreze points out, we have enough evidence, from multiple sources, to know that undernutrition rates in India are among the highest in the world.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Please &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.asianage.com/opinion/oped/191017/hungry-india-are-we-angry-enough.html&quot;&gt;click here&lt;/a&gt; to read more.
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The fact is that even if India was a few notches higher, it still would be among the severe cases in terms of the magnitude of malnourishment.

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The short answer &amp;mdash; we don&amp;rsquo;t know because we don&amp;rsquo;t have the most recent data.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;But does the commotion over such ranks really matter when Santoshi, an 11-year-old girl in Jharkhand, died begging for rice last fortnight? According to a Web portal, the girl died crying for bhaat (rice). Her family didn&amp;rsquo;t have any. Her family&amp;rsquo;s ration card was reportedly cancelled because it was not linked to their Aadhaar number, say local Right to Food Campaign activists. With the Durga Puja holidays on, there had been no school, therefore no mid-day meals and no sustenance at home. Santoshi barely had had anything to eat for almost a week. The local authorities say the girl died due to malaria and not starvation. The state&amp;rsquo;s chief minister has announced a probe.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Which brings us to the real issues. Santoshi was not the first victim of malnutrition. She will not be the last. 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&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;em&gt;The fact is that even if India was a few notches higher, it still would be among the severe cases in terms of the magnitude of malnourishment.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
Do we really trail North Korea and Iraq in the malnutrition stakes? There have been outbursts of anger at India being ranked 100th out 119 countries in the latest edition of the Global Hunger Index by the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI). Experts are quarrelling over the methodology and evaluation parameters and in a hyper-polarised India, it comes as no surprise that the hunger scores have triggered jousts between supporters and critics of the Narendra Modi government.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Has malnutrition really worsened since 2014? The short answer &amp;mdash; we don&amp;rsquo;t know because we don&amp;rsquo;t have the most recent data.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
But does the commotion over such ranks really matter when Santoshi, an 11-year-old girl in Jharkhand, died begging for rice last fortnight? According to a Web portal, the girl died crying for bhaat (rice). Her family didn&amp;rsquo;t have any. Her family&amp;rsquo;s ration card was reportedly cancelled because it was not linked to their Aadhaar number, say local Right to Food Campaign activists. With the Durga Puja holidays on, there had been no school, therefore no mid-day meals and no sustenance at home. Santoshi barely had had anything to eat for almost a week. The local authorities say the girl died due to malaria and not starvation. The state&amp;rsquo;s chief minister has announced a probe.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Which brings us to the real issues. Santoshi was not the first victim of malnutrition. She will not be the last. However, it is useful to remind ourselves that even if Santoshi had malaria, her chances of survival would have been far greater had she had minimum nutrition and therefore resilience. Disease fells the undernourished first.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
In March this year, in response to an unstarred question in the Lok Sabha, the minister for women and child development said the data regarding the number of deaths from malnutrition is not maintained by the ministry. &amp;ldquo;Malnutrition is a multi-faceted problem and is not a direct cause of death but contributes to mortality and morbidity by reducing resistance to infections,&amp;rdquo; the minister said, adding that 14 complaints relating to the deaths of children due to malnutrition had been received by the National Commission for Protection of Child Rights (NCPCR) in the past three years and the current year. Many of us are angry. But are we angry enough?&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
The fact is that even if India was a few notches higher, it still would be among the severe cases in terms of the magnitude of malnourishment. While ranking of any particular country is not comparable over years because of changes in methodology and the number of countries covered, there are some facts that cannot be contested. Despite significant economic growth, India continues to trail way behind its peers in many key social indicators, including malnourishment.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
It has been pointed out that India&amp;rsquo;s rank in the latest Global Hunger Index didn&amp;rsquo;t really reflect the situation on the ground as India&amp;rsquo;s data was a few years old and that 44 &amp;ldquo;richer&amp;rdquo; countries which were earlier excluded from the survey were included in the most recent one.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
What should worry us is that &amp;ldquo;more than one-fifth of Indian children under five weigh too little for their height, and over a third are too short for their age,&amp;rdquo; according to IFPRI. And every year, when the United Nations releases its Human Development Index, there is much hand-wringing about India&amp;rsquo;s lowly position relative to its peers, but whoops of joy on finding that Pakistan fares even worse.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
India now has a National Health Policy, a National Nutrition Strategy. The Niti Aayog has recommended that the government develop a full-fledged Web-enabled nutrition information system. What does this mean for the millions who go hungry to bed night after night? What will be done to make sure that they have the necessary nutrition to be healthy and productive and not die like Santoshi?&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
We didn&amp;rsquo;t need the Global Hunger Index to tell us that India has a severe malnutrition problem. There are heaps of official data which tell you about the numbers of stunted and wasted children. As development economist Jean Dreze points out, we have enough evidence, from multiple sources, to know that undernutrition rates in India are among the highest in the world.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Please &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.asianage.com/opinion/oped/191017/hungry-india-are-we-angry-enough.html&quot;&gt;click here&lt;/a&gt; to read more.
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The short answer &amp;mdash; we don&amp;rsquo;t know because we don&amp;rsquo;t have the most recent data.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;But does the commotion over such ranks really matter when Santoshi, an 11-year-old girl in Jharkhand, died begging for rice last fortnight? According to a Web portal, the girl died crying for bhaat (rice). Her family didn&amp;rsquo;t have any. Her family&amp;rsquo;s ration card was reportedly cancelled because it was not linked to their Aadhaar number, say local Right to Food Campaign activists. With the Durga Puja holidays on, there had been no school, therefore no mid-day meals and no sustenance at home. Santoshi barely had had anything to eat for almost a week. The local authorities say the girl died due to malaria and not starvation. The state&amp;rsquo;s chief minister has announced a probe.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Which brings us to the real issues. Santoshi was not the first victim of malnutrition. She will not be the last. However, it is useful to remind ourselves that even if Santoshi had malaria, her chances of survival would have been far greater had she had minimum nutrition and therefore resilience. Disease fells the undernourished first.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;In March this year, in response to an unstarred question in the Lok Sabha, the minister for women and child development said the data regarding the number of deaths from malnutrition is not maintained by the ministry. &amp;ldquo;Malnutrition is a multi-faceted problem and is not a direct cause of death but contributes to mortality and morbidity by reducing resistance to infections,&amp;rdquo; the minister said, adding that 14 complaints relating to the deaths of children due to malnutrition had been received by the National Commission for Protection of Child Rights (NCPCR) in the past three years and the current year. Many of us are angry. But are we angry enough?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The fact is that even if India was a few notches higher, it still would be among the severe cases in terms of the magnitude of malnourishment. While ranking of any particular country is not comparable over years because of changes in methodology and the number of countries covered, there are some facts that cannot be contested. Despite significant economic growth, India continues to trail way behind its peers in many key social indicators, including malnourishment.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;It has been pointed out that India&amp;rsquo;s rank in the latest Global Hunger Index didn&amp;rsquo;t really reflect the situation on the ground as India&amp;rsquo;s data was a few years old and that 44 &amp;ldquo;richer&amp;rdquo; countries which were earlier excluded from the survey were included in the most recent one.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;What should worry us is that &amp;ldquo;more than one-fifth of Indian children under five weigh too little for their height, and over a third are too short for their age,&amp;rdquo; according to IFPRI. 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&lt;em&gt;The fact is that even if India was a few notches higher, it still would be among the severe cases in terms of the magnitude of malnourishment.&lt;br /&gt;
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Do we really trail North Korea and Iraq in the malnutrition stakes? There have been outbursts of anger at India being ranked 100th out 119 countries in the latest edition of the Global Hunger Index by the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI). Experts are quarrelling over the methodology and evaluation parameters and in a hyper-polarised India, it comes as no surprise that the hunger scores have triggered jousts between supporters and critics of the Narendra Modi government.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Has malnutrition really worsened since 2014? The short answer &amp;mdash; we don&amp;rsquo;t know because we don&amp;rsquo;t have the most recent data.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
But does the commotion over such ranks really matter when Santoshi, an 11-year-old girl in Jharkhand, died begging for rice last fortnight? According to a Web portal, the girl died crying for bhaat (rice). Her family didn&amp;rsquo;t have any. Her family&amp;rsquo;s ration card was reportedly cancelled because it was not linked to their Aadhaar number, say local Right to Food Campaign activists. With the Durga Puja holidays on, there had been no school, therefore no mid-day meals and no sustenance at home. Santoshi barely had had anything to eat for almost a week. The local authorities say the girl died due to malaria and not starvation. The state&amp;rsquo;s chief minister has announced a probe.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Which brings us to the real issues. Santoshi was not the first victim of malnutrition. She will not be the last. However, it is useful to remind ourselves that even if Santoshi had malaria, her chances of survival would have been far greater had she had minimum nutrition and therefore resilience. Disease fells the undernourished first.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
In March this year, in response to an unstarred question in the Lok Sabha, the minister for women and child development said the data regarding the number of deaths from malnutrition is not maintained by the ministry. &amp;ldquo;Malnutrition is a multi-faceted problem and is not a direct cause of death but contributes to mortality and morbidity by reducing resistance to infections,&amp;rdquo; the minister said, adding that 14 complaints relating to the deaths of children due to malnutrition had been received by the National Commission for Protection of Child Rights (NCPCR) in the past three years and the current year. Many of us are angry. But are we angry enough?&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
The fact is that even if India was a few notches higher, it still would be among the severe cases in terms of the magnitude of malnourishment. While ranking of any particular country is not comparable over years because of changes in methodology and the number of countries covered, there are some facts that cannot be contested. Despite significant economic growth, India continues to trail way behind its peers in many key social indicators, including malnourishment.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
It has been pointed out that India&amp;rsquo;s rank in the latest Global Hunger Index didn&amp;rsquo;t really reflect the situation on the ground as India&amp;rsquo;s data was a few years old and that 44 &amp;ldquo;richer&amp;rdquo; countries which were earlier excluded from the survey were included in the most recent one.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
What should worry us is that &amp;ldquo;more than one-fifth of Indian children under five weigh too little for their height, and over a third are too short for their age,&amp;rdquo; according to IFPRI. And every year, when the United Nations releases its Human Development Index, there is much hand-wringing about India&amp;rsquo;s lowly position relative to its peers, but whoops of joy on finding that Pakistan fares even worse.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
India now has a National Health Policy, a National Nutrition Strategy. The Niti Aayog has recommended that the government develop a full-fledged Web-enabled nutrition information system. What does this mean for the millions who go hungry to bed night after night? What will be done to make sure that they have the necessary nutrition to be healthy and productive and not die like Santoshi?&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
We didn&amp;rsquo;t need the Global Hunger Index to tell us that India has a severe malnutrition problem. There are heaps of official data which tell you about the numbers of stunted and wasted children. As development economist Jean Dreze points out, we have enough evidence, from multiple sources, to know that undernutrition rates in India are among the highest in the world.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Please &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.asianage.com/opinion/oped/191017/hungry-india-are-we-angry-enough.html&quot;&gt;click here&lt;/a&gt; to read more.
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	&#039;disp&#039; =&gt; &#039;&lt;div align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;-The Asian Age&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;The fact is that even if India was a few notches higher, it still would be among the severe cases in terms of the magnitude of malnourishment.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Do we really trail North Korea and Iraq in the malnutrition stakes? There have been outbursts of anger at India being ranked 100th out 119 countries in the latest edition of the Global Hunger Index by the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI). Experts are quarrelling over the methodology and evaluation parameters and in a hyper-polarised India, it comes as no surprise that the hunger scores have triggered jousts between supporters and critics of the Narendra Modi government.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Has malnutrition really worsened since 2014? The short answer &amp;mdash; we don&amp;rsquo;t know because we don&amp;rsquo;t have the most recent data.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;But does the commotion over such ranks really matter when Santoshi, an 11-year-old girl in Jharkhand, died begging for rice last fortnight? According to a Web portal, the girl died crying for bhaat (rice). Her family didn&amp;rsquo;t have any. Her family&amp;rsquo;s ration card was reportedly cancelled because it was not linked to their Aadhaar number, say local Right to Food Campaign activists. With the Durga Puja holidays on, there had been no school, therefore no mid-day meals and no sustenance at home. Santoshi barely had had anything to eat for almost a week. The local authorities say the girl died due to malaria and not starvation. The state&amp;rsquo;s chief minister has announced a probe.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Which brings us to the real issues. Santoshi was not the first victim of malnutrition. She will not be the last. However, it is useful to remind ourselves that even if Santoshi had malaria, her chances of survival would have been far greater had she had minimum nutrition and therefore resilience. Disease fells the undernourished first.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;In March this year, in response to an unstarred question in the Lok Sabha, the minister for women and child development said the data regarding the number of deaths from malnutrition is not maintained by the ministry. &amp;ldquo;Malnutrition is a multi-faceted problem and is not a direct cause of death but contributes to mortality and morbidity by reducing resistance to infections,&amp;rdquo; the minister said, adding that 14 complaints relating to the deaths of children due to malnutrition had been received by the National Commission for Protection of Child Rights (NCPCR) in the past three years and the current year. Many of us are angry. But are we angry enough?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The fact is that even if India was a few notches higher, it still would be among the severe cases in terms of the magnitude of malnourishment. While ranking of any particular country is not comparable over years because of changes in methodology and the number of countries covered, there are some facts that cannot be contested. Despite significant economic growth, India continues to trail way behind its peers in many key social indicators, including malnourishment.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;It has been pointed out that India&amp;rsquo;s rank in the latest Global Hunger Index didn&amp;rsquo;t really reflect the situation on the ground as India&amp;rsquo;s data was a few years old and that 44 &amp;ldquo;richer&amp;rdquo; countries which were earlier excluded from the survey were included in the most recent one.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;What should worry us is that &amp;ldquo;more than one-fifth of Indian children under five weigh too little for their height, and over a third are too short for their age,&amp;rdquo; according to IFPRI. 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-The Asian Age&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;em&gt;The fact is that even if India was a few notches higher, it still would be among the severe cases in terms of the magnitude of malnourishment.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
Do we really trail North Korea and Iraq in the malnutrition stakes? There have been outbursts of anger at India being ranked 100th out 119 countries in the latest edition of the Global Hunger Index by the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI). Experts are quarrelling over the methodology and evaluation parameters and in a hyper-polarised India, it comes as no surprise that the hunger scores have triggered jousts between supporters and critics of the Narendra Modi government.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Has malnutrition really worsened since 2014? The short answer &amp;mdash; we don&amp;rsquo;t know because we don&amp;rsquo;t have the most recent data.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
But does the commotion over such ranks really matter when Santoshi, an 11-year-old girl in Jharkhand, died begging for rice last fortnight? According to a Web portal, the girl died crying for bhaat (rice). Her family didn&amp;rsquo;t have any. Her family&amp;rsquo;s ration card was reportedly cancelled because it was not linked to their Aadhaar number, say local Right to Food Campaign activists. With the Durga Puja holidays on, there had been no school, therefore no mid-day meals and no sustenance at home. Santoshi barely had had anything to eat for almost a week. The local authorities say the girl died due to malaria and not starvation. The state&amp;rsquo;s chief minister has announced a probe.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Which brings us to the real issues. Santoshi was not the first victim of malnutrition. She will not be the last. However, it is useful to remind ourselves that even if Santoshi had malaria, her chances of survival would have been far greater had she had minimum nutrition and therefore resilience. Disease fells the undernourished first.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
In March this year, in response to an unstarred question in the Lok Sabha, the minister for women and child development said the data regarding the number of deaths from malnutrition is not maintained by the ministry. &amp;ldquo;Malnutrition is a multi-faceted problem and is not a direct cause of death but contributes to mortality and morbidity by reducing resistance to infections,&amp;rdquo; the minister said, adding that 14 complaints relating to the deaths of children due to malnutrition had been received by the National Commission for Protection of Child Rights (NCPCR) in the past three years and the current year. Many of us are angry. But are we angry enough?&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
The fact is that even if India was a few notches higher, it still would be among the severe cases in terms of the magnitude of malnourishment. While ranking of any particular country is not comparable over years because of changes in methodology and the number of countries covered, there are some facts that cannot be contested. Despite significant economic growth, India continues to trail way behind its peers in many key social indicators, including malnourishment.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
It has been pointed out that India&amp;rsquo;s rank in the latest Global Hunger Index didn&amp;rsquo;t really reflect the situation on the ground as India&amp;rsquo;s data was a few years old and that 44 &amp;ldquo;richer&amp;rdquo; countries which were earlier excluded from the survey were included in the most recent one.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
What should worry us is that &amp;ldquo;more than one-fifth of Indian children under five weigh too little for their height, and over a third are too short for their age,&amp;rdquo; according to IFPRI. And every year, when the United Nations releases its Human Development Index, there is much hand-wringing about India&amp;rsquo;s lowly position relative to its peers, but whoops of joy on finding that Pakistan fares even worse.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
India now has a National Health Policy, a National Nutrition Strategy. The Niti Aayog has recommended that the government develop a full-fledged Web-enabled nutrition information system. What does this mean for the millions who go hungry to bed night after night? What will be done to make sure that they have the necessary nutrition to be healthy and productive and not die like Santoshi?&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
We didn&amp;rsquo;t need the Global Hunger Index to tell us that India has a severe malnutrition problem. There are heaps of official data which tell you about the numbers of stunted and wasted children. As development economist Jean Dreze points out, we have enough evidence, from multiple sources, to know that undernutrition rates in India are among the highest in the world.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Please &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.asianage.com/opinion/oped/191017/hungry-india-are-we-angry-enough.html&quot;&gt;click here&lt;/a&gt; to read more.
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                <div align="justify">-The Asian Age<br /><br /><em>The fact is that even if India was a few notches higher, it still would be among the severe cases in terms of the magnitude of malnourishment.<br /></em><br />Do we really trail North Korea and Iraq in the malnutrition stakes? There have been outbursts of anger at India being ranked 100th out 119 countries in the latest edition of the Global Hunger Index by the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI). Experts are quarrelling over the methodology and evaluation parameters and in a hyper-polarised India, it comes as no surprise that the hunger scores have triggered jousts between supporters and critics of the Narendra Modi government.<br /><br />Has malnutrition really worsened since 2014? The short answer &mdash; we don&rsquo;t know because we don&rsquo;t have the most recent data.<br /><br />But does the commotion over such ranks really matter when Santoshi, an 11-year-old girl in Jharkhand, died begging for rice last fortnight? According to a Web portal, the girl died crying for bhaat (rice). Her family didn&rsquo;t have any. Her family&rsquo;s ration card was reportedly cancelled because it was not linked to their Aadhaar number, say local Right to Food Campaign activists. With the Durga Puja holidays on, there had been no school, therefore no mid-day meals and no sustenance at home. Santoshi barely had had anything to eat for almost a week. The local authorities say the girl died due to malaria and not starvation. The state&rsquo;s chief minister has announced a probe.<br /><br />Which brings us to the real issues. Santoshi was not the first victim of malnutrition. She will not be the last. However, it is useful to remind ourselves that even if Santoshi had malaria, her chances of survival would have been far greater had she had minimum nutrition and therefore resilience. Disease fells the undernourished first.<br /><br />In March this year, in response to an unstarred question in the Lok Sabha, the minister for women and child development said the data regarding the number of deaths from malnutrition is not maintained by the ministry. &ldquo;Malnutrition is a multi-faceted problem and is not a direct cause of death but contributes to mortality and morbidity by reducing resistance to infections,&rdquo; the minister said, adding that 14 complaints relating to the deaths of children due to malnutrition had been received by the National Commission for Protection of Child Rights (NCPCR) in the past three years and the current year. Many of us are angry. But are we angry enough?<br /><br />The fact is that even if India was a few notches higher, it still would be among the severe cases in terms of the magnitude of malnourishment. While ranking of any particular country is not comparable over years because of changes in methodology and the number of countries covered, there are some facts that cannot be contested. Despite significant economic growth, India continues to trail way behind its peers in many key social indicators, including malnourishment.<br /><br />It has been pointed out that India&rsquo;s rank in the latest Global Hunger Index didn&rsquo;t really reflect the situation on the ground as India&rsquo;s data was a few years old and that 44 &ldquo;richer&rdquo; countries which were earlier excluded from the survey were included in the most recent one.<br /><br />What should worry us is that &ldquo;more than one-fifth of Indian children under five weigh too little for their height, and over a third are too short for their age,&rdquo; according to IFPRI. And every year, when the United Nations releases its Human Development Index, there is much hand-wringing about India&rsquo;s lowly position relative to its peers, but whoops of joy on finding that Pakistan fares even worse.<br /><br />India now has a National Health Policy, a National Nutrition Strategy. The Niti Aayog has recommended that the government develop a full-fledged Web-enabled nutrition information system. What does this mean for the millions who go hungry to bed night after night? What will be done to make sure that they have the necessary nutrition to be healthy and productive and not die like Santoshi?<br /><br />We didn&rsquo;t need the Global Hunger Index to tell us that India has a severe malnutrition problem. There are heaps of official data which tell you about the numbers of stunted and wasted children. As development economist Jean Dreze points out, we have enough evidence, from multiple sources, to know that undernutrition rates in India are among the highest in the world.<br /><br />Please <a href="http://www.asianage.com/opinion/oped/191017/hungry-india-are-we-angry-enough.html" title="http://www.asianage.com/opinion/oped/191017/hungry-india-are-we-angry-enough.html">click here</a> to read more.</div><div align="justify">&nbsp;</div>               </font>
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&lt;em&gt;The fact is that even if India was a few notches higher, it still would be among the severe cases in terms of the magnitude of malnourishment.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
Do we really trail North Korea and Iraq in the malnutrition stakes? There have been outbursts of anger at India being ranked 100th out 119 countries in the latest edition of the Global Hunger Index by the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI). Experts are quarrelling over the methodology and evaluation parameters and in a hyper-polarised India, it comes as no surprise that the hunger scores have triggered jousts between supporters and critics of the Narendra Modi government.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Has malnutrition really worsened since 2014? The short answer &amp;mdash; we don&amp;rsquo;t know because we don&amp;rsquo;t have the most recent data.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
But does the commotion over such ranks really matter when Santoshi, an 11-year-old girl in Jharkhand, died begging for rice last fortnight? According to a Web portal, the girl died crying for bhaat (rice). Her family didn&amp;rsquo;t have any. Her family&amp;rsquo;s ration card was reportedly cancelled because it was not linked to their Aadhaar number, say local Right to Food Campaign activists. With the Durga Puja holidays on, there had been no school, therefore no mid-day meals and no sustenance at home. Santoshi barely had had anything to eat for almost a week. The local authorities say the girl died due to malaria and not starvation. The state&amp;rsquo;s chief minister has announced a probe.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Which brings us to the real issues. Santoshi was not the first victim of malnutrition. She will not be the last. However, it is useful to remind ourselves that even if Santoshi had malaria, her chances of survival would have been far greater had she had minimum nutrition and therefore resilience. Disease fells the undernourished first.&lt;br /&gt;
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In March this year, in response to an unstarred question in the Lok Sabha, the minister for women and child development said the data regarding the number of deaths from malnutrition is not maintained by the ministry. &amp;ldquo;Malnutrition is a multi-faceted problem and is not a direct cause of death but contributes to mortality and morbidity by reducing resistance to infections,&amp;rdquo; the minister said, adding that 14 complaints relating to the deaths of children due to malnutrition had been received by the National Commission for Protection of Child Rights (NCPCR) in the past three years and the current year. Many of us are angry. But are we angry enough?&lt;br /&gt;
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The fact is that even if India was a few notches higher, it still would be among the severe cases in terms of the magnitude of malnourishment. While ranking of any particular country is not comparable over years because of changes in methodology and the number of countries covered, there are some facts that cannot be contested. Despite significant economic growth, India continues to trail way behind its peers in many key social indicators, including malnourishment.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
It has been pointed out that India&amp;rsquo;s rank in the latest Global Hunger Index didn&amp;rsquo;t really reflect the situation on the ground as India&amp;rsquo;s data was a few years old and that 44 &amp;ldquo;richer&amp;rdquo; countries which were earlier excluded from the survey were included in the most recent one.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
What should worry us is that &amp;ldquo;more than one-fifth of Indian children under five weigh too little for their height, and over a third are too short for their age,&amp;rdquo; according to IFPRI. And every year, when the United Nations releases its Human Development Index, there is much hand-wringing about India&amp;rsquo;s lowly position relative to its peers, but whoops of joy on finding that Pakistan fares even worse.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
India now has a National Health Policy, a National Nutrition Strategy. The Niti Aayog has recommended that the government develop a full-fledged Web-enabled nutrition information system. What does this mean for the millions who go hungry to bed night after night? What will be done to make sure that they have the necessary nutrition to be healthy and productive and not die like Santoshi?&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
We didn&amp;rsquo;t need the Global Hunger Index to tell us that India has a severe malnutrition problem. There are heaps of official data which tell you about the numbers of stunted and wasted children. As development economist Jean Dreze points out, we have enough evidence, from multiple sources, to know that undernutrition rates in India are among the highest in the world.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Please &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.asianage.com/opinion/oped/191017/hungry-india-are-we-angry-enough.html&quot;&gt;click here&lt;/a&gt; to read more.
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&lt;em&gt;The fact is that even if India was a few notches higher, it still would be among the severe cases in terms of the magnitude of malnourishment.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
Do we really trail North Korea and Iraq in the malnutrition stakes? There have been outbursts of anger at India being ranked 100th out 119 countries in the latest edition of the Global Hunger Index by the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI). Experts are quarrelling over the methodology and evaluation parameters and in a hyper-polarised India, it comes as no surprise that the hunger scores have triggered jousts between supporters and critics of the Narendra Modi government.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Has malnutrition really worsened since 2014? The short answer &amp;mdash; we don&amp;rsquo;t know because we don&amp;rsquo;t have the most recent data.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
But does the commotion over such ranks really matter when Santoshi, an 11-year-old girl in Jharkhand, died begging for rice last fortnight? According to a Web portal, the girl died crying for bhaat (rice). Her family didn&amp;rsquo;t have any. Her family&amp;rsquo;s ration card was reportedly cancelled because it was not linked to their Aadhaar number, say local Right to Food Campaign activists. With the Durga Puja holidays on, there had been no school, therefore no mid-day meals and no sustenance at home. Santoshi barely had had anything to eat for almost a week. The local authorities say the girl died due to malaria and not starvation. The state&amp;rsquo;s chief minister has announced a probe.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Which brings us to the real issues. Santoshi was not the first victim of malnutrition. She will not be the last. However, it is useful to remind ourselves that even if Santoshi had malaria, her chances of survival would have been far greater had she had minimum nutrition and therefore resilience. Disease fells the undernourished first.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
In March this year, in response to an unstarred question in the Lok Sabha, the minister for women and child development said the data regarding the number of deaths from malnutrition is not maintained by the ministry. &amp;ldquo;Malnutrition is a multi-faceted problem and is not a direct cause of death but contributes to mortality and morbidity by reducing resistance to infections,&amp;rdquo; the minister said, adding that 14 complaints relating to the deaths of children due to malnutrition had been received by the National Commission for Protection of Child Rights (NCPCR) in the past three years and the current year. Many of us are angry. But are we angry enough?&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
The fact is that even if India was a few notches higher, it still would be among the severe cases in terms of the magnitude of malnourishment. While ranking of any particular country is not comparable over years because of changes in methodology and the number of countries covered, there are some facts that cannot be contested. Despite significant economic growth, India continues to trail way behind its peers in many key social indicators, including malnourishment.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
It has been pointed out that India&amp;rsquo;s rank in the latest Global Hunger Index didn&amp;rsquo;t really reflect the situation on the ground as India&amp;rsquo;s data was a few years old and that 44 &amp;ldquo;richer&amp;rdquo; countries which were earlier excluded from the survey were included in the most recent one.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
What should worry us is that &amp;ldquo;more than one-fifth of Indian children under five weigh too little for their height, and over a third are too short for their age,&amp;rdquo; according to IFPRI. And every year, when the United Nations releases its Human Development Index, there is much hand-wringing about India&amp;rsquo;s lowly position relative to its peers, but whoops of joy on finding that Pakistan fares even worse.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
India now has a National Health Policy, a National Nutrition Strategy. The Niti Aayog has recommended that the government develop a full-fledged Web-enabled nutrition information system. What does this mean for the millions who go hungry to bed night after night? What will be done to make sure that they have the necessary nutrition to be healthy and productive and not die like Santoshi?&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
We didn&amp;rsquo;t need the Global Hunger Index to tell us that India has a severe malnutrition problem. There are heaps of official data which tell you about the numbers of stunted and wasted children. As development economist Jean Dreze points out, we have enough evidence, from multiple sources, to know that undernutrition rates in India are among the highest in the world.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Please &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.asianage.com/opinion/oped/191017/hungry-india-are-we-angry-enough.html&quot;&gt;click here&lt;/a&gt; to read more.
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The short answer &amp;mdash; we don&amp;rsquo;t know because we don&amp;rsquo;t have the most recent data.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;But does the commotion over such ranks really matter when Santoshi, an 11-year-old girl in Jharkhand, died begging for rice last fortnight? According to a Web portal, the girl died crying for bhaat (rice). Her family didn&amp;rsquo;t have any. Her family&amp;rsquo;s ration card was reportedly cancelled because it was not linked to their Aadhaar number, say local Right to Food Campaign activists. With the Durga Puja holidays on, there had been no school, therefore no mid-day meals and no sustenance at home. Santoshi barely had had anything to eat for almost a week. The local authorities say the girl died due to malaria and not starvation. The state&amp;rsquo;s chief minister has announced a probe.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Which brings us to the real issues. Santoshi was not the first victim of malnutrition. She will not be the last. 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But are we angry enough?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The fact is that even if India was a few notches higher, it still would be among the severe cases in terms of the magnitude of malnourishment. While ranking of any particular country is not comparable over years because of changes in methodology and the number of countries covered, there are some facts that cannot be contested. 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-The Asian Age<br />
<br />
<em>The fact is that even if India was a few notches higher, it still would be among the severe cases in terms of the magnitude of malnourishment.<br />
</em><br />
Do we really trail North Korea and Iraq in the malnutrition stakes? There have been outbursts of anger at India being ranked 100th out 119 countries in the latest edition of the Global Hunger Index by the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI). Experts are quarrelling over the methodology and evaluation parameters and in a hyper-polarised India, it comes as no surprise that the hunger scores have triggered jousts between supporters and critics of the Narendra Modi government.<br />
<br />
Has malnutrition really worsened since 2014? The short answer &mdash; we don&rsquo;t know because we don&rsquo;t have the most recent data.<br />
<br />
But does the commotion over such ranks really matter when Santoshi, an 11-year-old girl in Jharkhand, died begging for rice last fortnight? According to a Web portal, the girl died crying for bhaat (rice). Her family didn&rsquo;t have any. Her family&rsquo;s ration card was reportedly cancelled because it was not linked to their Aadhaar number, say local Right to Food Campaign activists. With the Durga Puja holidays on, there had been no school, therefore no mid-day meals and no sustenance at home. Santoshi barely had had anything to eat for almost a week. The local authorities say the girl died due to malaria and not starvation. The state&rsquo;s chief minister has announced a probe.<br />
<br />
Which brings us to the real issues. Santoshi was not the first victim of malnutrition. She will not be the last. However, it is useful to remind ourselves that even if Santoshi had malaria, her chances of survival would have been far greater had she had minimum nutrition and therefore resilience. Disease fells the undernourished first.<br />
<br />
In March this year, in response to an unstarred question in the Lok Sabha, the minister for women and child development said the data regarding the number of deaths from malnutrition is not maintained by the ministry. &ldquo;Malnutrition is a multi-faceted problem and is not a direct cause of death but contributes to mortality and morbidity by reducing resistance to infections,&rdquo; the minister said, adding that 14 complaints relating to the deaths of children due to malnutrition had been received by the National Commission for Protection of Child Rights (NCPCR) in the past three years and the current year. Many of us are angry. But are we angry enough?<br />
<br />
The fact is that even if India was a few notches higher, it still would be among the severe cases in terms of the magnitude of malnourishment. While ranking of any particular country is not comparable over years because of changes in methodology and the number of countries covered, there are some facts that cannot be contested. Despite significant economic growth, India continues to trail way behind its peers in many key social indicators, including malnourishment.<br />
<br />
It has been pointed out that India&rsquo;s rank in the latest Global Hunger Index didn&rsquo;t really reflect the situation on the ground as India&rsquo;s data was a few years old and that 44 &ldquo;richer&rdquo; countries which were earlier excluded from the survey were included in the most recent one.<br />
<br />
What should worry us is that &ldquo;more than one-fifth of Indian children under five weigh too little for their height, and over a third are too short for their age,&rdquo; according to IFPRI. And every year, when the United Nations releases its Human Development Index, there is much hand-wringing about India&rsquo;s lowly position relative to its peers, but whoops of joy on finding that Pakistan fares even worse.<br />
<br />
India now has a National Health Policy, a National Nutrition Strategy. The Niti Aayog has recommended that the government develop a full-fledged Web-enabled nutrition information system. What does this mean for the millions who go hungry to bed night after night? What will be done to make sure that they have the necessary nutrition to be healthy and productive and not die like Santoshi?<br />
<br />
We didn&rsquo;t need the Global Hunger Index to tell us that India has a severe malnutrition problem. There are heaps of official data which tell you about the numbers of stunted and wasted children. As development economist Jean Dreze points out, we have enough evidence, from multiple sources, to know that undernutrition rates in India are among the highest in the world.<br />
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-The Asian Age<br />
<br />
<em>The fact is that even if India was a few notches higher, it still would be among the severe cases in terms of the magnitude of malnourishment.<br />
</em><br />
Do we really trail North Korea and Iraq in the malnutrition stakes? There have been outbursts of anger at India being ranked 100th out 119 countries in the latest edition of the Global Hunger Index by the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI). Experts are quarrelling over the methodology and evaluation parameters and in a hyper-polarised India, it comes as no surprise that the hunger scores have triggered jousts between supporters and critics of the Narendra Modi government.<br />
<br />
Has malnutrition really worsened since 2014? The short answer &mdash; we don&rsquo;t know because we don&rsquo;t have the most recent data.<br />
<br />
But does the commotion over such ranks really matter when Santoshi, an 11-year-old girl in Jharkhand, died begging for rice last fortnight? According to a Web portal, the girl died crying for bhaat (rice). Her family didn&rsquo;t have any. Her family&rsquo;s ration card was reportedly cancelled because it was not linked to their Aadhaar number, say local Right to Food Campaign activists. With the Durga Puja holidays on, there had been no school, therefore no mid-day meals and no sustenance at home. Santoshi barely had had anything to eat for almost a week. The local authorities say the girl died due to malaria and not starvation. The state&rsquo;s chief minister has announced a probe.<br />
<br />
Which brings us to the real issues. Santoshi was not the first victim of malnutrition. She will not be the last. However, it is useful to remind ourselves that even if Santoshi had malaria, her chances of survival would have been far greater had she had minimum nutrition and therefore resilience. Disease fells the undernourished first.<br />
<br />
In March this year, in response to an unstarred question in the Lok Sabha, the minister for women and child development said the data regarding the number of deaths from malnutrition is not maintained by the ministry. &ldquo;Malnutrition is a multi-faceted problem and is not a direct cause of death but contributes to mortality and morbidity by reducing resistance to infections,&rdquo; the minister said, adding that 14 complaints relating to the deaths of children due to malnutrition had been received by the National Commission for Protection of Child Rights (NCPCR) in the past three years and the current year. Many of us are angry. But are we angry enough?<br />
<br />
The fact is that even if India was a few notches higher, it still would be among the severe cases in terms of the magnitude of malnourishment. While ranking of any particular country is not comparable over years because of changes in methodology and the number of countries covered, there are some facts that cannot be contested. Despite significant economic growth, India continues to trail way behind its peers in many key social indicators, including malnourishment.<br />
<br />
It has been pointed out that India&rsquo;s rank in the latest Global Hunger Index didn&rsquo;t really reflect the situation on the ground as India&rsquo;s data was a few years old and that 44 &ldquo;richer&rdquo; countries which were earlier excluded from the survey were included in the most recent one.<br />
<br />
What should worry us is that &ldquo;more than one-fifth of Indian children under five weigh too little for their height, and over a third are too short for their age,&rdquo; according to IFPRI. And every year, when the United Nations releases its Human Development Index, there is much hand-wringing about India&rsquo;s lowly position relative to its peers, but whoops of joy on finding that Pakistan fares even worse.<br />
<br />
India now has a National Health Policy, a National Nutrition Strategy. The Niti Aayog has recommended that the government develop a full-fledged Web-enabled nutrition information system. What does this mean for the millions who go hungry to bed night after night? What will be done to make sure that they have the necessary nutrition to be healthy and productive and not die like Santoshi?<br />
<br />
We didn&rsquo;t need the Global Hunger Index to tell us that India has a severe malnutrition problem. There are heaps of official data which tell you about the numbers of stunted and wasted children. As development economist Jean Dreze points out, we have enough evidence, from multiple sources, to know that undernutrition rates in India are among the highest in the world.<br />
<br />
Please <a href="http://www.asianage.com/opinion/oped/191017/hungry-india-are-we-angry-enough.html">click here</a> to read more.
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Hungry India: Are we angry enough? -Patralekha Chatterjee

-The Asian Age The fact is that even if India was a few notches higher, it still would be among the severe cases in terms of the magnitude of malnourishment. Do we really trail North Korea and Iraq in the malnutrition stakes? There have been outbursts of anger at India being ranked 100th out 119 countries in the latest edition of the Global Hunger Index by the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI). Experts are quarrelling over the methodology and evaluation parameters and in a hyper-polarised India, it comes as no surprise that the hunger scores have triggered jousts between supporters and critics of the Narendra Modi government. Has malnutrition really worsened since 2014? The short answer — we don’t know because we don’t have the most recent data. But does the commotion over such ranks really matter when Santoshi, an 11-year-old girl in Jharkhand, died begging for rice last fortnight? According to a Web portal, the girl died crying for bhaat (rice). Her family didn’t have any. Her family’s ration card was reportedly cancelled because it was not linked to their Aadhaar number, say local Right to Food Campaign activists. With the Durga Puja holidays on, there had been no school, therefore no mid-day meals and no sustenance at home. Santoshi barely had had anything to eat for almost a week. The local authorities say the girl died due to malaria and not starvation. The state’s chief minister has announced a probe. Which brings us to the real issues. Santoshi was not the first victim of malnutrition. She will not be the last. However, it is useful to remind ourselves that even if Santoshi had malaria, her chances of survival would have been far greater had she had minimum nutrition and therefore resilience. Disease fells the undernourished first. In March this year, in response to an unstarred question in the Lok Sabha, the minister for women and child development said the data regarding the number of deaths from malnutrition is not maintained by the ministry. “Malnutrition is a multi-faceted problem and is not a direct cause of death but contributes to mortality and morbidity by reducing resistance to infections,” the minister said, adding that 14 complaints relating to the deaths of children due to malnutrition had been received by the National Commission for Protection of Child Rights (NCPCR) in the past three years and the current year. Many of us are angry. But are we angry enough? The fact is that even if India was a few notches higher, it still would be among the severe cases in terms of the magnitude of malnourishment. While ranking of any particular country is not comparable over years because of changes in methodology and the number of countries covered, there are some facts that cannot be contested. Despite significant economic growth, India continues to trail way behind its peers in many key social indicators, including malnourishment. It has been pointed out that India’s rank in the latest Global Hunger Index didn’t really reflect the situation on the ground as India’s data was a few years old and that 44 “richer” countries which were earlier excluded from the survey were included in the most recent one. What should worry us is that “more than one-fifth of Indian children under five weigh too little for their height, and over a third are too short for their age,” according to IFPRI. And every year, when the United Nations releases its Human Development Index, there is much hand-wringing about India’s lowly position relative to its peers, but whoops of joy on finding that Pakistan fares even worse. India now has a National Health Policy, a National Nutrition Strategy. The Niti Aayog has recommended that the government develop a full-fledged Web-enabled nutrition information system. What does this mean for the millions who go hungry to bed night after night? What will be done to make sure that they have the necessary nutrition to be healthy and productive and not die like Santoshi? We didn’t need the Global Hunger Index to tell us that India has a severe malnutrition problem. There are heaps of official data which tell you about the numbers of stunted and wasted children. As development economist Jean Dreze points out, we have enough evidence, from multiple sources, to know that undernutrition rates in India are among the highest in the world. Please click here to read more.