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The pangs of India's food production, policy -R Krishnakumar

-Deccan Herald

India scored 29.1 in the 2022 GHI; the index categorises scores between 20 and 34.9 as denoting a 'serious' level of hunger

There is something familiarly disquieting about the manner in which the Union Government has discounted India’s low ranking in the Global Hunger Index (GHI), released earlier this month. The Ministry of Women and Child Development, in an official response, said that the methodology used in the peer-reviewed report, which ranked India at 107 among 121 countries, is flawed.

The argument over the technicalities – how do you quantify something as complex as a nation’s hunger based on its children’s health, for instance? – is familiar too. This is an important question, but it also serves as a point of digression from larger discussions related to policy, poverty, social exclusion and access to food, hidden hunger (deficiency of micronutrients), and gaps in the systems of procuring and distributing agricultural produce. 

Union Health Ministry officials, following a review of the GHI, led by minister Mansukh Mandaviya, said the report “exaggerated” the measure of hunger. Experts believe these deflections are in line with the policies adopted by successive governments at the Centre that have failed to push zero-hunger goals, even in their vision documents. “It is defending the indefensible,” said food and agriculture policy expert Devinder Sharma, on the attempts to disregard the GHI.

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