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17/10/24 11:12 AM IST

Global Hunger Index 2024

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  •  The Global Hunger Index for 2024 states that a ‘serious’ level of hunger is prevalent in India. 
Score Analysis
  • The score is based on four broad parameters, that is, child stunting (share of children under five with lower height proportional to their age, reflecting chronic undernutrition), undernourishment (share of population with insufficient caloric intake), child wasting (share of children under five with lower weight proportional to their height) and child mortality (share of children who die before their fifth birthday).
  • The report traced 13.7% of the population to be undernourished, 35.5% of children as stunted, 18.7% of children wasted and 2.9% of children dying before their fifth birthday.
  • As per the survey, India has the highest child wasting rate globally. 
  • India has demonstrated “significant political will” to transform the food and nutrition landscape — pointing to the National Food Security Act, Poshan Abhiyan (National Nutrition Mission), PM Garib Kalyan Yojna (PMGKAY) and National Mission for Natural Farming. But the report argues there exists room for improvement.
Solutions
  • The  report proposes a multifaceted approach such as improved access to social safety nets, addressing complementary factors relating to well-being and nutrition, alongside dedicated approaches to assessing and provisioning nutritional needs.
  • The first of the proposed measures entail improved access to safety nets and cash transfers.
  • These, the report states, involve improving access to programs such as the Public Distribution Scheme (PDS), PMGKAY and Integrated Child Development Services (ICDS).
  • Other than this, it proposes investments in agriculture and a holistic food systems approach which promotes diversified, nutritious and ecological food production including nutri-cereals such as millets.
  • Other dedicated approaches include making effective investments in mother and child health.
  • It recommends a set of factors such as improved water, sanitation and hygiene, among other things.
  • Finally, the report also seeks interventions to consider links between food and nutrition, gender and climate change. 
Source- The Hindu

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