India’s position on Global Hunger Index alarming: VP

India’s position on Global Hunger Index alarming: VP

In news:

Vice president:

• India ranks 102nd on the Global Hunger Index, Despite high food production.
• Nutritional security requires measures to improve protein and vitamin deficiencies

Daily Current Affairs IAS | UPSC Prelims and Mains Exam – 15th February 2020

SRC: The Hindu

From Prelims  Point of view:

Global Hunger Index (GHI) Report

• Prepared by the Concern Worldwide (an Irish agency) and the Welt Hunger Hilfe (a German organization)
• The report is based on four GHI indicators namely, undernourishment, child stunting, child wasting, and child mortality.
•  India’s child wasting rate was extremely high at 20.8% – the highest
• India’s rank has slipped from 95th position (in 2010) to 102nd (in 2019)

Child wasting

• Child wasting refers to the share of children under the age of five who are wasted, i.e, they have low weight with respect to their height, reflecting acute undernutrition.