Shocked Over Global Hunger Report 2021, Methodology Used Is Unscientific!

 

 

 

After India slipped to the 101st position in the Global Hunger Index (GHI) 2021, the Union ministry of women and child development said that the report by Concern Worldwide and Welt Hunger Hilfe is “devoid of ground reality". In a statement, the Ministry of Women and Child Development said that the report has lowered India's rank on the basis of Food and Agricultural Organisation (FAO) estimate on the proportion of the undernourished population, which is "found to be devoid of ground reality and facts and suffers from serious methodological issues". In India, Under PMGKAY, the Government of India has made the allocation of food grains @ 5 kg per person per month free of cost for around 80 Crore (800 million) beneficiaries of the 36 States/UTs covered under National Food Security Act (Antyodaya Anna Yojana and Priority Households) including those covered under Direct Benefit Transfer for the period April to November 2O2O and again for the period May to November 2021," . Ministry also said that the methodology used by FAO is "unscientific" and based on telephonic surveys. This is "found to be devoid of ground reality and facts and suffers from serious methodological issues."