India lags behind Pak in reducing hunger level: Report
(Najamuddin Ghanghro, Karachi (Original from Larkana))
NEW DELHI: India lags behind
neighbouring China, Pakistan and Sri Lanka in reducing hunger level, says the
2012 Global Hunger Index (GHI) released by US-based International Food Policy
and Research Institute.
India is ranked 65th out of 79 countries in GHI, behind China at 2nd place,
Pakistan at 57 and Sri Lanka at 37.
"India has lagged behind in improving its Global Hunger Index (GHI) score
despite strong economic growth. After a small increase between 1996 and 2001,
India?s GHI score fell only slightly, and the latest GHI returned to about the
1996 level," International Food Policy and Research Institute (IFPRI) said in
the latest report.
This stagnation in GHI scores occurred during a period when India's gross
national income (GNI) per capita almost doubled, rising from about 1,460 to
2,850 constant 2005 international dollars between 1995?97 and 2008?10, it said.
When comparing GHI scores with GNI per capita, it must be emphasised that
India's latest GHI score is based partly on outdated data, it added.
The report said that given that India has failed to monitor national trends in
child undernutrition for more than six years, any recent progress in the fight
against child undernutrition cannot be taken into account by the 2012 GHI.
"Nonetheless, even bearing in mind that possible recent advances in the fight
against child undernutrition are not yet visible in the latest GHI, India's
track record is disappointing," it observed and said generally, higher incomes
are associated with less hunger.
The 2012 Global Hunger Index, published jointly by IFPRI, Concern Worldwide, and
Welthungerhilfe, shows the progress made in reducing the proportion of hungry
people in the world.
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