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Hunger a Cry for Many and Now for Government too
Global Hunger Index which ranks major nations in terms of
hunger, has been questioned by Government of India.
Could this be erroneous? Who would validate and On what
possible grounds will this validation take place.
Index is an “erroneous measure of hunger” - The ministry of
women and child development
Index suffers from “serious
methodological issues” can this statement be true
Global Hunger index published jointly-produced by the
Germany-based not-for-profit organisation Welthungerhilfe and Ireland-based
Concern Worldwide.
They ranked India as 107 out of 121 countries which resulted
to damage India’s image. The opinion poll which was conducted is questionable.
India was given a score of 29.1 on a scale of 0 to 100,
where zero indicate NO HUNGER. India was
ranked badly than Pakistan, Bangladesh, Nepal, China and Srilanka.
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Can this report be trusted ?
Government is doubtful and even questioning its methodology
Methodology Use is questioned by Government
Prevalence of undernourishment / 80 x100 = standardized undernourishment value
Child stunting rate /
70 x100 = standardized child stunting
value
Child wasting rate / 30
x100 = standardized child wasting value
Child mortality rate
/ 35 x100 = standardized child mortality
value
Data Used for report
as sourced from
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