New Delhi: India has lagged behind its neighbouring countries Pakistan, Bangladesh and Nepal in terms of starvation and malnutrition. India ranks 102nd out of 117 countries in the Global Hunger Index 2019. 17 countries, including Belarus, Ukraine, Turkey, Cuba and Kuwait, have attained the top rank with a GHI score of less than five, ie being in the best position. The report, jointly prepared by Irish agency Concern Worldwide and German organization Welt Hunger Hilfe, has shown the level of starvation in India to be serious.
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In 2018, India was ranked 103 out of 119 countries. At the same time, in the year 2000, India was ranked 83rd out of 113 countries. India's JHI score has also reduced. Where the JHI scores in 2005 and 2010 were 38.9 and 32 respectively. JHI score was 30.3 between 2010 and 2019. According to the report, the share of underweight children with small height in India has increased from 16.5 per cent in the period 2008-2012 to 20.8 per cent in 2014-2018. Only 9.6 per cent of all children between 6 and 23 months get the right diet.
The report states that India has improved indicators like mortality, underweight and undernutrition. Not only this, citing the Central Government's Swachh Bharat program in the report, it has been said that even after the construction of new toilets, open defecation is still not completely closed. This situation puts people's health at risk.
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