India ranked at 111 among 125 countries...
The government has described the Global Hunger Index 2023, which ranked India at 111 among 125 countries, as an “erroneous measure of hunger” and has rejected the findings as it “suffers from serious methodological issues".
The Global Hunger Index released by Concern Worldwide and Welt Hunger Hilfe, non-government organizations from Ireland and Germany respectively, has ranked India even below its neighboring countries Pakistan (102th), Bangladesh (81st), Nepal (69th) and Sri Lanka (60th).
This year's index showed a four-place slip as in 2022 India ranked 107th out of 121.
The Global Hunger Index continues to be a flawed measure of ‘Hunger’ and it does not reflect India’s true position, a statement from the ministry of women and child development said.
The Union ministry argued that three of the four indicators on which the index is calculated are related to the health of children and thus, it cannot be representative of the entire population.
It added that the fourth and “most important indicator ‘Proportion of Undernourished (PoU) population’ is based on an opinion poll conducted on a very small sample size of 3000.”
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