The government has criticised the information as it did when the nation was ranked 107 last year, claiming it was incomplete, inaccurate, and created carelessly. Additionally, it said that the methodology was flawed and the report was false.
Source: Down To Earth
This has been the government’s go-to answer to any polls or reports that provide a less-than-flattering picture of the nation. Even if it is acknowledged that the survey has limits, it paints a bleak picture, and any denial is not genuine. No country has questioned the index as India has, and it is widely accepted as a gauge of countries’ relative situations in the fight against hunger.
Government statistics attest to the widespread occurrence of hunger and malnutrition. According to the National Health Family Survey (NHFS) 5, 89% of children in the 6- to 23-month age range do not receive a minimum acceptable diet and children under the age of six, adolescent girls and boys, and women between the ages of 15 and 49, including pregnant women, have high rates of anemia.
According to Poshan Tracker data from last month, India has more than 4.3 million malnourished children. A startling 74% of the nation’s population, according to an NITI Aayog report published in July, cannot afford healthful meals. India is unlikely to meet the UN Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) of ending hunger by 2030 if things continue as they are.
Source: Mint
The administration should investigate why there are more hungry people in India than anywhere else in the world, as well as why hunger rates are rising, rather than contesting the data. India placed 55th out of 76 nations in 2014, ahead of Bangladesh and Pakistan but behind Nepal and Sri Lanka.
Over the years, it has progressively declined and is currently behind all of these nations, including sub-Saharan Africa. The government should recognize reality and make an effort to address it, as opposed to denying facts and demonizing people who report them. Every citizen’s fundamental food needs must now be met by the state under the National Food Security Act of 2013. However, a large number of initiatives designed to alleviate hunger and malnutrition have not reached millions of people. It is unfortunate that India, one of the world’s top exporters of grains, cannot feed its own millions of starving citizens.
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