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29/12/22 08:21 AM IST

State of Hunger in India

In News
  • Hunger has taken a grisly shape in several corners of the world this year, so much so that the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) called 2022 ‘the year of unprecedented hunger’.
Major Findings of the different reports
  • In absolute terms, India has the maximum number of people unable to afford a healthy diet. But, more than 95 per cent of the population in several African countries — including Burundi, Madagascar, Liberia, Malawi, Nigeria and the Central African Republic — cannot afford a healthy diet.
  • India ranked an abysmal 107 out of 121 countries on the Global Hunger Index (GHI) 2022.
  • The latest ranking of Indian states in the State Food Security Index brought out by the Food Safety and Standards Authority of India in June this year showed that Tamil Nadu scored the highest among major states on all indicators.
  • Poor financial conditions, move to cultivation of crops perceived to be more profitable, dependence on a public distribution system that failed to assimilate the traditional food habits and even faith has led to a noticeable shift in the diet of Madhya Pradesh’s tribal communities.
  • More than 90 million eligible people have been excluded from legal entitlements under the Targeted Public Distribution System (TDPS), India’s tool to combat food insecurity.
  • The Census of India 2011 remains the source of data for arriving at the number of people to be covered by the scheme. As a consequence, subsequent years have seen the exclusion of a large chunk of the population.
Measures
  • Without an abundance of insect pollinators, humans face the mind-boggling challenge of growing food and other agricultural products at scale.
  • Insects are important because of their diversity, ecological role and influence on agriculture, human health and natural resources.
  • They create the biological foundation for all terrestrial ecosystems, further, they cycle nutrients, pollinate plants, disperse seeds, maintain soil structure and fertility, control populations of other organisms and provide a major food source for other taxa.
  • States and Union Territories should compulsorily carry out the social audit of the mid-day meal scheme in every district, with the help of local authorities and simultaneously work on nutritional awareness.
  • Use of information technology to improve program monitoring can be thought of too.
Source- DTE

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