Classic Indianism: fall for an emotionally charged moral heuristic. Sri Lanka is doing way better than India on HDI metrics and yet it's the Indian taxpayer who is buying them fuel.
99% of Indians live in a 200sq foot janta flat size house & 69% of all houses in India do not have a tap water connection its your inferiority complex talking.
It would make a big change if safe water is available to all. Gastroenteritis and related condition drains the nutrition. This becomes significant in the highly vulnerable who would often be in under nourishment section.
This is a population control problem. When u have so many babies being born in families which r extremely poor nutrition is always going to be an issue. Parents who r poor procreating more than two children r not only cursing the child but also the nation.
@@offred6013 Yes. We have 1/3 of land vis a vis America but 4 times of population if so how could be better ever unless population is reduced!? The parents who can't earn food for them begetting children probably otherwise how so people are hungry I wonder!
Albandazol is directed to be given free of cost at all public health centres. What lacks is awareness and implementation. Of the 8 zila hospitals I visited in UP only one in Kaushambi has a message written on the wall in Hindi about giving albandazol to children.
Sample size of 3000 out of 1.38 billion will lead to a grossly erroneous figure of huge proportion. Also the transparency in collecting data from all around India is not disclosed. So this GHI index is quite questionable.
This is not correct ...they don't do any survey. ..they use data of UN agencies ...and country govt data ...no independent survey is done for global hunger index calculation . the 3000 sample size that the govt talks about...is a UN survey by FAO , that is done to calculate food and energy requirements ( which is one parameter amoung many impacting 33 % of this rating ) ..amoung various parameters it tracks food bought in households ....that is through a survey...that is one of the parameters. ..Here too they do a base calculation once in 10 yrs ..then update annually with the 3000 sample survey ...which then is used for one of the 3 main parameters used . By the way ..those in corporate life / in market reasearch ..will confirm that national surveys are done with even 250 sample sizes ...there are scientific methods for calculating sample sizes . ...and this is not done for this index ..just that amoung many data used ..one is derived from this
Dear Shekar... thanks for the detailed explanation step by step as well as credibility of IFPRI... Much appreciated 🙏🏽 However, I have one question for you; I strongly feel you should have shared your opinion on the sample size... Do you agree a sample of ONLY 3000 for a 1.35Billion population? I seriously doubt the size of the sample doesn't allow any survey to get the facts of 1.35Billion population.
@@Anandam1971 Yes this is just a conspirated index created to blemish the image of our 'Supreme Leader'. I bet I hardly see any malnourished wasted child these days.
IFPRI is no longer a publisher since 2018. GHI is now published by two NGOs i.e Welthungerhilfe and concern worldwide. So that rests the very first arguement that indeed it is published by some faltu NGO
When any western give good report of India then we all celebrate and we get some negative report we say it's false, baised..we can only improve when start looking & focus on our weakness
that also shows our inferiority complex by the way i don't belive any of these indices. nfhs and multidimensional poverty index that lately government has started its better than these indices,then western ngos.
Watched the whole and I quite respect SG's impartial, calm analysis, as always. The day we stop being thin skinned - be it Hindutva or Dravidian or any group that thinks their path is beyond reproach - and just care to spend time _understanding_ what the other person is actually saying, some good will come of it.
There is no “myth” lack of nutrition is hunger. This is 21st cy India with overflowing granaries not a British colonial Bengal . We cant just look at hunger as one dimensional. I don’t know why we are justifying the country’s lackluster performance on nutrition.
'British colonial Bengal' 🙄 Your UP, BIHAR is equivalent to Nigeria and Sudan like economy and quality of living. Bengal is rich just India made it poor. Look at Bangladesh 😂 going ahead of India in so many aspects be it hdi, per capita or hunger index. What did your UP ( still a poor and backward state ) achieve despite recipient of highest funds from centre and even larger than Bangladesh ? 😂😂 India = world's no1 most populous country and UP,Bihar India's most populated states...
@@Jumlebaaz_Feku_Ayega_2024 where exactly are you from I've been to the most rural parts of Bihar and Bengal and there's pretty much no difference And i don't see what he said wrong about British colonial Bengal
Hi just to clarify I wasnt dissing Bengal. I just said British Colonial Bengal in the “British era” because it did face a lot of famines. Bengal presidency was one of the most socially vulnerable region in India , it comprised of Bihar, Jharkhand , West Bengal and Bangladesh.
Great episode as usual Sekhar ji! It's a wake up call to both people on left and right! But, in terms of malnourishment, do you think the fact that nearly 40% of Indians are vegetarians has something to do with?
I believe it is. Meat and eggs have the best kind of protein and sure that you can have the same nutrients from certain vegetarian foodstuffs. most indian people do not have that kind of knowledge
A point that Mr Gupta missed mentioning is that 1) our genetic make to not be 6 ft tall 2) our vegetarian habits. However, there is lot to do on micronutrients and education about healthy eating habits
Myth toh nahin ho sakti. There are so many global indices, which track social, political and economic attainments in 100 - 200 countries. Compiled by credible institutions, over several years, fully mindful of variations between nations. Almost uniformly, they are trending lower for us. We should address the infirmities and failings they highlight, instead of questioning their methodology or attributing motives.
SG avoids a critical issue - the accuracy of data. Apparently, data on stunting is coming from a Gallup poll of 300 persons. There is no question that protein intake in India is inadequate and needs improvement . However, data accuracy is vital for comparison and Gallup polls are opinions, not facts
@@motei1853 It is true. The main objection to GHI has been this fact. It is based on opinions rather than hard facts. Now, this doesn't mean our situation is good, our situation is bad but i would rather go with proper data (NFHS, WHO, Health Ministry, etc.) rather than some opinionated report without sound basis. It is important to have proper understanding of problem to solve it, GHI doesn't help in this regard. I would suggest you to go through the Government's retort published in PIB. There has been some level of improvement in malnourishment but the condition is still worse compared globally. SG has a tendency to idolise everything Western Mainstream media promotes. His validation comes from there, understandable.
@@DeccanPS why don’t you go read the actual report and methodology instead of believing what modi sarkar says! Hunger index is based on several reports including your above mentioned and several data points used to create those reports The modi satiate raised issue on one report of these several reports and that too one indicator of that’s report which has 10 indicators. So modi Sarfaraz took objection to a small data point and made it like every thing else is inconsequential Read
@@motei1853 Bro, why don't read the report properly first? The opinion point that i mentioned is calculated for undernourishment part i.e 1/3rd weightage(not small in any manner) which is based on FAO data (which India had opposed to FAO itself and FAO had promised not to use the data due to it's unscientific nature). And i had mentioned the same that there has been some improvement in the undernourishment aspect but the other aspects remain a concern. So, get down from your high horse and use an analytical brain while reading something and not be a western lapdog. We have our problem's but that doesn't mean we can accept some stupid propaganda. Priority should be proper analysis of the issue to solve the issue. Sadly GHI doesn't help in it. It is very satisfying to politically wrestle even in serious issue's but that won't help.
Asking 8 questions from a small sample of 3000 people to find the status of 140 crore people is absurd and irrational😠 Sample size should be atleast 1 lakh people(100 per 750+ districts)
Kudos to the Valiant Super Journalist, SG Saab! For talking at length about the plight of our precious asset, The Young Children (< 5 years) of India, at a time Modi Propagandists gloat beating Great Britain in Total GDP Game! I am NOT really surprised of this most exhaustive recent Data. For me the comprehensive look comes from Mother of All Data, namely the Per Capita GDP and its derivative the INCOME, which is 56% of GDP for India. As we all know now the Per Capita GDP in 2022 was $1980, and the Take Home Pay/Income is $1109 per year which is $3.03 per day per Person. What is the Inflation or the Price Level in India in 2020? To buy a 1800 calorie food, a person must pay Rs. 200 (out of Rs. 243 daily INCOME). The Average Indian must pay for rent, transportation, healthcare etc etc with the remaining Rs. 43 in a day. Where will he go to buy your micronutrients, protein etc etc? That's why the World put India as a Very Poor Country. But our Propagandists (including many in the Press and the Talking Heads in our TVs) want to push up their collars and proclaim aloud "All Data are junk. OUR OWN DATA show that India is the Richest Country NOW, since Modi took over the PMO. He rectified the stumbling blocks in our Growth, and India is the FASTEST GROWING economy and the Strongest Military in the whole world. Ask Putin, who is the Master of Strategy and Military Acumen!" Putin has lost all his shirts and walks naked these days in Moscow!!! Lol... I am a Tamil, writing from Chennai, and I don't speak Hindi, Urudu, Parsi or Panjabi!!! Lol...:D
@@srinisbir8781 Yes. Very similar data for both children and adult Population elevates Tamil Nadu to the Top of the List, as indicated by its Highest Per Capita Income and low Infant Morbidity & Mortality, high doctors/nurser per 100,000 ratio and Social Mobility (how many adults moved from the bottom rung of the ladder up to the Top of the Economic Ladder etc etc) comparing to Maharastra & Gujarat, T. Nadu's immediate competitors. However, the Political Clout in the Number of MPs rest with the most backward poorest States of the Hindi Belt, where BJP & Modi command a thumping lead because of their Hindutva Communal Messaging all financed by the Ambanis & Adanis of Gujarat!! This is the MOST Detrimental Trend in the Economic Growth of India. As long as MOST MPs come from Hindi Belt, India is doomed to stay backward for rest of the New Century!!! Wait & Watch!
If we as a country are really interested in getting the ranking right then we should look at the parameters the institution looks at and review our progress on the same.its really sad we are ranked so low inspite of being food surplus country
@@hhhhngg we export does not mean we're surplus. There is an actual good shortage situation in india, post green revolution we were doing fine because 1 billion people were there. Only the higher class gets nutritionas food and middle class, when you look at the lower class, then you'll realise how surplus india is
@@manwithstds7503 You understand what surplus means? We produce way more than we need. In 2019-20 total food grain produced was 295 Tonnes, which was well over 230 Tonnes required. The problems are distribution, lack of nutritional knowledge and nutrient deficit diet, etc. The problem isn’t production.
India has moved past starvation and hunger. However, malnutrition is yet to be slayed. We should explore GMO technology to increase the nutritional value of our crops.
Its not that type of nutrition its about total macros unless people change their diets it won't change as most of it is mostly just a lack of protein in diet
@@mnvshekhawat We have a lot of stupidity in our country and people just don't want to CHANGE. Till the time our current agri-policy (by current I mean 50 years old) remains in force, we are cursed to grow wheat and rice only. They tried changing it but we know what happened with farm laws.
vegetarian food are more expansive and poor in protein. gram for gram... u need to consume more vegetable diet for same amount of protein compared to meat. meat consuming society will have advantage here... cheaper plus better nutrition index
This report has been prepared by two ngo and we know the relationship of this govt with ngo. More support to Russia, more efforts to trade with Rs instead of dollar more such results will come to destabilize govt. They intentionally complexed the measure system in line with their society culture food habit and name it hunger index to disgrace country which oppose them. They can name it nutrition index but no then it will not serve their purpose. Don't name the organisation who do such studies, mentioned the ngo who are there and who donates them, then you will get the full picture.
Why dont you name the organization here? Why are you being vague intentionally? State what you know with names otherwise you just sounds like a conspiracy theorist.
I have no idea about Pakistan and Bangladesh where I have never been, but I can say for sure that the rankings of Srilanka, Nepal and Bhutan are rightly above India. It is true that the GDP and Per Capita Income of India may be higher than the above countries. The crux however is in distribution of wealth. The second most and eighth most richest person of the world are Indians. There are many new millionaires and billionaires in India. These neo rich 10 percent people own more than 90 percent wealth of the nation. So, it is obvious. If you travel in India you see the poor people and beggars everywhere. You don't see beggars in the above countries in such all pervading numbers. The net worth of Adani itself can literally buy 4 Nepals considering its GDP size. Therefore, the rankings given in this report is not far from truth.
The name should be Global Nutrition Index rather than Hunger Index, then all the controversies will subside. I suspect Eastern and Southern India will be much better off due to its high protein diet (fish and meat).
This opens other worms and even as far as nutrition is concerned it opens another can of worms. Western diets are rich with high far,sugar and less protein and fibre. They should all be ranked lower. Additionally vegetarian diets can also be good in protein, dhal,egg etc. I still digress with the ranking it's too low for India.
I agree. it has much about nutrition and not hunger. and the scale of 800 cal may not suit indian conditions. even stunting and wastage are totally academic for they are gene based, rather than anything hunger about!
Stunting has a lot to do with the mother's age at marriage (not prepared for pregnancy), her nutrition during pregnancy, her education level and the extent of pregnancy care (# of check-ups she received, for instance). So, stunting in a child is all about the mother! Wasting is a different ball-game - it's got to do with repeated infections that children get (but don't always fall sick to be taken to a doctor), it's got to do with lack of hygiene and sanitation, and also poor breastfeeding (breast milk offers immunity to the child) and poor breastfeeding again, has a lot to do with the mother's own nutrition during pregnancy and thereafter! Why does this video exclude any conversation on mothers? How many years are we going to take to bring this cardinal difference between wasting and stunting into mainstream media conversations? Yes, it's not about going hungry to bed, but we are keeping our kids hungry anyway, by less nutritious food or hidden infections - so the child IS going hungry to bed! Wasting is not improving in India because we have not exactly eliminated infections, the hygiene around the child is far from adequate, and the micronutrient intake is poor. And it is critical for a journalistic report to question the national programs specifically on these lines - which includes the much loved Swachh Bharat. But didn't happen here!
You are partially correct regarding wasting. Wasting can be caused by acute but severe periods of food shortage or disease or both. In your comment, you missed out on the former. Wasting is a sign that a child has experienced short periods of undernutrition resulting in significant WASTAGE of muscle and fat issue. Food insecurity is a serious problem in India. Food insecurity is the inadequate or insecure access to food due to financial constraints.
Food shortage is far less of a problem today in India than any time since independence. These reports produced in the West are biased for sure. Senior Citizens homes springing up in so many places in India of late and the average lifespan exceeding 70 years for the first time ever as reported in 2022 is testimony enough that India is on the progressive path. It is now a matter of a decade or two in this direction that would get India its indices comparable with other leading countries. With the "poor", "lower middle class" and "middle class" forming the bulk of Indian population, this average says a lot for the progress India has made. The current govt had pressed the reset button from Day 1 in office and India has headed in the right direction since then in this regard.
@@natarajanbaradwaj3560 Food shortage is occurring in India because the current food supplies, while does meet calorific requirements, do not meet nutrient requirements. Micronutrients are seriously lacking in adequate quantities in the food being consumed by the population - this deficiency is the reason India has a high rate of stunting and wasting in children compared to the 106 countries above her in the ranking. Micronutrients are very important and especially so for children under 5.
I want to see an angry Shekhar Gupta like he was in last week's national interest. Its frustrating that India isnt investing more in research for new variants of millets which have more produce and if it is available somewhere its a very cumbbersome process to make it availble to the farmers crossing all the govt. hurdles.
This is a wonderful opportunity for India to stop all trade in foodgrains with any of the country's listed in the index. After this sham by the world's most developed countries, no one will have any issues to India blocking all the exports of foodgrains to the world.
@@user-2203xyz Why are you calling this a sham? Will you also call the poverty report that was released yesterday that said India still has 21 crore people under the poverty line as sham too?
To those calling this a global nutrition index and justifying it, ask yourself are we so afraid of data ? Do we not want kids of India to have proper nutrition ? Isnt it better to approach nutrition like we approach hunger and fix it ? Instead of patting ourselves on the back by saying naah this is global nutrition index, this is some first world nonsense, we Indians are content with just making sure fellow Indians dont die of starvation. That’s achievement enough for us.
1:00 you dont have to say even Nepal sir, India and Nepal are not that different from per capita perspective. Nepal is not Somalia or DRC. Nepal itself has mid rank HDI( human development index) of .602 which is not that far behind india which has hdi of .633 and HDI of Nepal is increasing while India is decreasing. Nepal is far ahead of Nuclear armed Pakistan with HDI of 0.544. You have one adani and 2 ambanis who are among richest people in the world but if you earn 25,000 INR monthly you are among top 10 % of indian population income wise. So do you think that a common Nepali and common Indian would have much difference in their living standard? Nepal sends 4 times more remittance to india than it gets from India. it is because people like you and your audience who live in comfortable houses in Mumbai or Delhi and are English educated cant even imagine that there are your fellow compatriots from Purvanchal and Bihar who go to Nepal to do manual labor. Chandigarh, Gurgaon, South Delhi, Noida , Bandra is not whole India sir. When it comes to common but forgotten Indians you and us ( nepali) we are not that different. Hence I humbly urge you to not indulge in this neo colonist attitude towards your neighbor.
I agree with the Hdi. But you can't compare because maintaining 10 cr and 130 Cr a very hard work. So the economy like India and china samples size must be more than 1cr. Which is just 1percent.
India's GDP per capita is 2600 dollar and Nepal is 1300 dollar and it will take nepal 10 years at this rate of growth to achieve 2600 per dollar. And also due to COVID (decrease in life expectancy) it's HDI index decreased but per capita income ( which is part of HDI) increased and even more than Bangladesh. Our HDI decrease due to decrease in life expectancy during pandemic. Next year it is going to increase. And also we don't have adani and Ambani but also have 160 other billionaires and with lots of millionaires and lastly our per capita income ( not per capita GDP ) still higher than other saarc ( apart from Srilanka, Maldives, Bhutan). And also have more startup and unicorn in the world. Don't get offended bro!! Please go into the details of any report before going into conclusion. And also purvanchal have better economy but have large population. We are only facing problems in Bihar which have 15 crore population (5 times more than yours), that's why you think whole india is like bihar. They are bigger state than you but india is much bigger than your nation. So don't get offended bro!! So your words that india and Nepal is not different in per capita is totally wrong!! There is a good gap and it will take more than 10years at current speed to reach that level.
Really darling? Who fed Sri Lanka, Nepal and Bangladesh ? Who is the world during this Russia - Ukraine war? It is India. And our position is below the shit hole like Pakistan that roams about with begging bowl? Apply your brains.
I agree with the government. Their sample sizes are too small, the index is not even about hunger (hence this Cut The Clutter). Why don't they rename it to World Nutrition Index?
The govt is bluffing. ..the 3000 sample size story ...is a UN survey used by FAO ...this index is based on PURE UN DATA . The parameters used are part of the UN sustainable goals ...india is a signatory to this ...this agency is just collating the data and publishing the same
We all know what "The Print" is and how anti national the mindset of its reporters.. India ahead of Srilanka, Bangladesh and Pakistan in terms of poverty itself shows this report has no credibility..
With respect to child mortality: As communicable diseases and malnutrition get tackled, noncommunicable conditions in children gain importance as cause of child mortality.Birth defects esp birth defects of the heart are a significant proportion of noncommunicable conditions which can result in mortality,if untreated in time. While govt schemes cover the underprivileged, but there is a huge backlog as a result of long waiting lists in govt hospitals.Govt schemes fall short of private health care packages,so many private players do not accept them.Govt schemes also are not open to the middle class.Private health insurance has so far excluded birth defects from coverage, leaving the tax paying middle class out in the cold,to pay from their pocket,which going by private health care packages, is not easy for anybody, and pushes many below the poverty line. Request you to cover this phenomenon of lack of private health insurance for birth defects in our country,that has so far fallen on our collective blind spot.
@@jayakishore565 When limited resources are given to a few When opportunities are favored to a couple When Governments priorities are to fortify their own party When Health Infrastructure is neglected When an unnecessary Demonetization is conducted This all leads to inequality which in turn leaves the majority disadvantaged to go hungry. Case for GHI's poor ranking of India.
Many factors contribute to child malnutrition (under nourished/obesity). POtable water and proper sanitation can reduce parasite infestation. Changing school timings throughout the country is key to this. Having early morning classes (6-8 am) prevents kids of primary school age from having proper breakfast at home. Instead, parents keep a pack of biscuits or wafers or chips or other junk food to dull the hunger pangs. This leads to malnourishment over long period as the kids get used to skipping breakfast. Scholl timings should be between 9 am to 1500-1600 h with 45 mins break for lunch. This will reduce the junk feeding by parents.
FAO collects the data, it is through a opinion poll so indirectly this GHI depends on an survey or a questionnaire round by FIES ( Food Insecurity Experience Scale). The FIES Survey Module The questions focus on self-reported food-related behaviors and experiences associated with increasing difficulties in accessing food due to resource constraints. These are the 10 questions they ask : During the last 12 months, was there a time when, because of lack of money or other resources: 1. You were worried you would not have enough food to eat? 2. You were unable to eat healthy and nutritious food? 3. You ate only a few kinds of foods? 4. You had to skip a meal? 5. You ate less than you thought you should? 6. Your household ran out of food? 7. You were hungry but did not eat? 8. You went without eating for a whole day? Basically in the above questions I would have sincerely answered yes but I am not undernourished in fact I am very much upper middle income person and have enough food. Yes sometime all these incident occurred due to numerous reason but no one was responsible just due to work overload (time itself is also a resource) I have a yes answer to all of these. So by the FAO logic I am undernourished.
This is wrong survey of global hunger index .Even Srilanka, Bangladesh, Nepal are begging india for food supply.Srilanka is in heavy depth and Pakistan is in great starvation. Then how can you say that India is behind Pakistan, Bangladesh, Nepal and Srilanka.
Media is biased Pakistan Or other neighbouring countries are on the same level as our it is just d measuring contest. Socio economic figures remains very much same there is an elite class everywhere which takes the average up
@kunal kumar he is talking about per capita income based on PPP because a bread pack in USA cost 450Rs and just 35 Rs in India. and based on PPP per capita, India beats all its neighbors
See how many childrens are deprived in India. We have more stunted and wasted children than Africa! 50% of females are anaemic which is not in case of our neighbours. According to IMF, 80% of poors added in the world due to COVID are from India. Pakistan will fall in next report as data was taken before flood (this year).
Also compare NHFS 4 and 5, you'll see the reason! After 2016 we started to loose (increaing poverty and dive in nutrition standard), this collapsed after covid! I wonder what would happen when government did not announce scheme like PM Gareeb Kalyan Ann Yojana.
Sir, all due respect to your analysis my problem with those reports is they use a very small sample size & government’s mistake is not keeping the comprehensive data. Niti Aayog has also published a report last year which covers all those aspects Some states are performing badly but overall the situation has improved. I can say that as I had worked at the village level & it has improved considerably government is providing change at the grounds but same efforts are not put in the data maintenance. So will not blame the report but fact remains the same this report is not accurate it’s not conspiracy but badly compiled data
Not hunger, it is about nutrition because Indians are vegetarians so nutrition would be weak. India have easily available free food in temples, gurdwaras and etc.
We have to acknowledge the Elephant in the room! That is the first step! Unfortunately India's image is more important than the Health and Safety of Children! Well said, Sekhar sir!
We Indians need to stop living by someone else’s standards. It’s time India creates its own standards and work towards beating them year over year. Every “reputable” global organization has an agenda and we can never meet their “standards”.
😂😂😂😂 if we doesn't perform well then it's someone else standard? Government were very happy to except innovation index, ease of doing business ranking, apart from the polls of 3000 people the entire report is scientific it's shows reality of undernourished india and yes definition of modern hunger is change it's doesn't only about hunger anymore.
We had in the past I do remember an episode on the same issue. Global hunger index is misleading. It is not "hunger" in the true sense. In addition to the Indian government data, Our cultural food habits are a bit skewed towards more carbohydrates and less towards minerals and protein. My thoughts though. Thank you for the analysis.
Dictionary definition of hunger - the state of not having enough food to eat, especially when this causes illness or death Stunting and malnourishment is definitely illness because they don’t have enough to eat. Nitpicking helps no one
@@gomezmilkin340 quoting dictionary helps no one. Hunger, the general perception is not having food on the table. I never said India does not have to improve, but the general perception of not having bread on the table and going to sleep hungry is no longer true. There are a lot many cultural metrics too which would affect this. I am in no means poor and can afford the best food, but if someone were to check the same metrics on me, I would also possibly fall short. Cultural habits change slower though a realization of the same is happening today.
@@vivekanandholla6730 “not having enough food on the table” is the current definition though. Remember that ~70% of India already eats non vegetarian. Also, rural nutrition is much worse than urban - so the narrative of “it’s a cultural problem” is only a small part of the reasoning.
@@gomezmilkin340 that same 70 percent do not eat non vegetarian every day. Probably that also needs to be considered. I know that most families eat/not eat meat on very specific days in a week . Saying, 70 percent are non vegetarian is again a sweeping broad based statement
@@vivekanandholla6730 You do not need to necessarily eat meat everyday. Especially if you have alternative sources like Egg, Dal etc. Culture and diet is a bit of a lazy argument in my opinion. We’re not talking about perfect individuals with BMI of 25 (which you may or may not fit into). We’re talking about chronic and acute malnourishment. Cultural changes do not explain why India falls in ranks either. Culturally, US has a severe obesity and meat problem - so it pulls down their rank as well. Every country has its own cultural advantages/ disadvantages - need to focus on fixing those rather than claiming India is a special snowflake.
It's also true that poor people are overbearing child and they can't even feed themselves properly so how can they even provide good food and education for their children, so we should produce children according to their income..
Yes,diet of India is very different from another country so some nutrient deficiency is unavoidable, also most of them don't care much about nutrient deficiency fulfillment but more about filling our stomach with what we get and what we prefer to eat
it would be more useful if the data was collected and analysed by Indian agencies using a statistical model that reflects the size of India. The planners should use this more robust data for policy planning.
That's what I was saying. India is of the size of European union. In Europe, you just can't survey 3000 people from Ukraine and generalize it to all of the Europe.
I stay in one of poorest Indian states in a village. I have never heard anyone starving. On the contrary, medical research and ayurvedic principles says that overeating is causing most of the diseases nowadays. For example, Sadguru eats only once in a day and see his energy level. I mean the basic parameters of calculations are wrong and smack of conspiracy to malign India on global level. Undernourishment: Just eat about 20 gms of Moringa leaves 3 times a week. Free of cost and so simple. Secondly, the only way is to do proper cooking. See RUclips channel like 'Satvik movement' and Dr N K Sharma about how to eat and what to eat. Rajiv Kumar was taught about organic farming by a humble farmer and it took him 1 yr to understand this.
Ever visit rural States of Bihar and UP you will understand why the data is showing the truth .....and about your global conspiracy china and Russia do not have problem with the data only the conspiracy is with us ..... yeah totally believable.......
Where is proverty, there is more child.. Ambani, adani are devoloping very very fast, but india 90%peoples are going dark age.. No food, no salary, no job..
You did not understand what he explained . It is you the problem talking emotionally and ignorantly . There is no myth . There is objective methodology that is based on data to calculate this Index .
Changing the name of this Index to a more appropriate Child Nutrition Index or Child Development Index may not suit some vested interests. The Index is not about hunger but will continue to be called Hunger Index
India needs to wake up from dreams of being a superpower and work on these problems. It’s GDP is closer to Haiti than many countries in South America and Africa. Possibly increasing income disparity accounts for some of these persistent problems. Rather than criticizing these studies , India should work on improving the human development parameters.
Seriously, India has to look into these points and should initiate more schemes focused at primary school level. 3 meals, morning 8°O clock, Yes, breakfast, it must be. taken at school only, next meal at 12 and the next meal at 3 before leaving the school. It should be included proteins, micro nutrients and minerals etc. And the execution part, should be monitored carefully. The teachers shall not be burdened to run the kitchen also. Rather, efficient NGOs should be given the task of running these programme. We are building the future generation of the country.
and also should provide 8'O clock PM meal and later they should be given bed to sleep in the school to avoid travelling expenses .Let's make school a hostel. while doing this don't stop providing you ultra low cost Public Distribution system. Bring NGO's into the game and preach padrey.
@Upasana. What about the parents, uncle and aunties? The school could also feed them and even make bed for them in the school to ensure digestion! Why not! How are the PEs of the mouthwatering ngo multinationals in waiting?
The mid day meal scheme should already address some of these concerns. Perhaps it should be expanded. (Eggs are provided by govt of delhi as a part of the scehme but the akshay Patra provides the rest).
Everytime a Jain person or a vegetarian tries to argue how their diet is superior to others, this is exactly what i try to teach them but they never listen to science based points
Thank you SG for cutting the clutter. We seem to have a longer road ahead than our peer group countries. It is common knowledge that even though the food is available in plenty, it is not nutritious. Thanks to heavy use of pesticides, chemicals and hybridization...
The Indian government has wrongly claimed that the Index relied upon an opinion poll. The GHI only uses PoU(prevalence of undernourishment) obtained through food balance sheets based on data provided by member countries, including India. India is a member of FAO. A food balance sheet provides a comprehensive picture of the pattern of the country's food supply during a specified reference period; it lists down the source of the supply and its utilization specific to each food category.
Just replying here so that false narrative thrown out is stopped. I have done my own research and I feel the manipulated and selective data pointed out by people like you is truly injustice to the data collection effort taken by research oriented people like many of us. DO some research and find out how FAO collects the data, it is through a survey poll, so indirectly this GHI depends on an survey or a questionnaire round by FIES ( Food Insecurity Experience Scale). The FIES Survey Module The questions focus on self-reported food-related behaviors and experiences associated with increasing difficulties in accessing food due to resource constraints (for me time is also a resource so many people consider resource to many aspects). These are the 10 questions they ask : During the last 12 months, was there a time when, because of lack of money or other resources: 1. You were worried you would not have enough food to eat? 2. You were unable to eat healthy and nutritious food? 3. You ate only a few kinds of foods? 4. You had to skip a meal? 5. You ate less than you thought you should? 6. Your household ran out of food? 7. You were hungry but did not eat? 8. You went without eating for a whole day? Basically in the above questions I would have sincerely answered yes but do you know I am not undernourished in fact I am very much upper middle income person and have enough food. Yes sometime all these incident occurred due to numerous reason but no one was responsible just due to work overload (time itself is also a resource) I have a yes answer to all of these. So by the FAO logic I am undernourished.
Consuming foods made of millet can bring a huge change as it would be nutritious and affordable. It would benefit the farmers and will save groundwater. India is promoting this around the world as 2023 is going to be observed as the Millet year by FAO. But the native population is very much unaware of millet's cuisines and nutritious values.
I remember i has a friend,he was twice my size,had a body like Arnold,he is from the cities and he was vegetarian and ya I'm froma small village from North East, everytime I looked at him i was about intimated and yes we both practice mixed martial art ,so i was surprised how weak his body was,his bones and muscles were so fragile ,i think he had fractures or dislocation every month,like it was normal stuff and also i would see many City people with cast and broken arms especially during rainy season,which was very surprising to me..
That's bcz vegetarian diet is incomplete when it comes to nutrition.. You can't expect someone to eat 1 bucket full of broccoli to compensate 500g of meat
@@rahulkundu6961 I'm not talking about daily intake..but as a rough example I equated less amount of meat can compensate what loads of only veggies can't for some nutrition
@@ibadurrehman5764 Just need to diversify vegitables diet... like mushrooms and millets... Most people in India who eats meat you will find them higly obese... I have tried meat and i cant digest it properly.. like some people cant digest milk.. Then there are environments who dont want to eat meant to save water resources...
Someone explain to me this: Pakistan which has twice India’s infant mortality rate, U5 mortality rate, Maternal mortality rate is ahead of India. Basically countries where children die at twice the rate of India’s children are ahead of India. India does have a nutrition problem due to eating too much fried food and having low meat intake due to widespread vegetarianism, but that is not hunger. Do you think any reputed global institution would consider such rankings as credible? I believe the NGOs behind GHI lack credibility and their data cannot be used for any meaningful research. No credible university or organization will ever cite the GHI in their studies. No chance.
Remember when they used to say coconut oil is the worst, and asked us to drink vegetable seed oils instead, but now according to them coconut oil is better than amruth, that they are drinking it in virgin form in liters. Lot of coconut farmers in Kerala committed suicided because of such propaganda studies. Hence, we need to be always very vigilant and suspicious about anything coming of of USA. This index is too much biased against Indian eating habits. If Indians eat a lot of meat every day, India will be way higher in this index. To have a bit of healthy suspicion, there is nothing wrong with that. For instance, this may be for pushing 'healthy protean diet' in India constituting a lot of soya products, since no one in west consumes it much any more as every one has moved to grass fed meat and fancy vegan options like exotic mushrooms. Soya mafia of USA is very much targeting India now a days through peta and all their other propaganda organizations. They know a lot of Indians are vegetarians , so its huge market. The American soya industry can dump their harmful soya products full of that phyto estrogen 'goodness' that can upset the entire hormonal balance of human body on us.
Amongst all the noise in the Hunger index debate, the most ignored is the elephant in the room- that is the difference between Richer but mainly Vegetarian countries(India) and Poorer and mainly Nonveg countries (Bangladesh/Pak) and whether there is any contribution due to it in they faring better than us.
@@skinguru241 Not just about protein quantity but also about quality,also isn't B12 an issue for poor people? According to one study,"Prevalence of vitamin B12 deficiency is at least 47% in Indian population and only 26% population may be vitamin B12 sufficient"
@@varungk3388 per capita income is almost the same in Bangladesh as india, both pak and Bangladesh are a lot less densely populated, also thankfully they don't have religious issues with non veg food, difficult to do anything here
@@skinguru241 Well that is why per capita PPP GDP is better than nominal GDP.(which is nearly same for all 3). India's is 8.2 k,Pak is 6.6k, Bangladesh is 7.9 k. Also if differences are so slight even in nominal GDP and we export so much grain and lentils,it is even more revealing as to the cause. I don't think the differences seen are due to differences in micronutrient intake alone in these countries,it has to be macronutrient.
Shekhar, thanks for clearing up the myths, but just to clear up any misunderstanding that your audience may experience, meat is not necessary to maintain a nutritious diet and good health! Actually a vegan diet is increasingly becoming popular in the West and I assure you that this will not lead to the hunger index of Westerns countries going down! I remember when I was visiting India as a kid, I would hear the same meat myth propagated by the more affluent and so-called "Westernized" Indians who really knew very little about the West but just acted very "Westernized". Unfortunately these same Indians thought that the appearance of being overweight was a sign of good health! NO!!!! Having a lean and muscular body with 6 pack abs is the ideal that many "body loving" Westerners strive for and this can be achieved with or without meat!
@vina vidai If "we know everything" then that's great, please solve India's hunger problem! And while your at it, please solve India's pollution, poverty and corruption problems too to name a few because once again India ranks towards the bottom here too! Shall we blame the British, the West, Pakistan, Muslims, or conspiracy theorists for all these problems? Since "we know everything" maybe it's best to remain silent. Even though I was born in the US, like you, I also feel hurt by my criticism because I cheer for India all the time, but when your team appears to always lose (BTW please also fix India's sports program because a country of over 1 billion should at a bare minimum record in the double digits for medals in the Olympics) then one naturally feels frustrated. I feel your pain and anger my friend.
@vina vidai My Indian origins are in the the deep north in the mountains of Uttarakhand where most of my family eats lots of meat and consumes a ton of alcohol, so I'm not following the assumption that India's a vegetarian country where people do not consume alcohol. Yes, I even know that in the Vedas you will find accounts of beef eating. I'm not a vegan and am not advocating a vegan diet and do not even consider myself a Hindu even though I was born into a Hindu family! All I'm saying is that a vegan or vegetarian diet is perfectly fine and one should not assume that eating meat is the solution to solving India's hunger and nutrition problem. For example, please note that all the countries ranked below India are meat eating countries where, unlike the West, the concept of either being vegan or vegetarian would probably be unheard of. When Shekhar Gupta makes it sound like meat is healthy, he may not be aware that the American medical community (not hippees) classify some of the favorite American meaty dishes like hamburgers and hotdogs as junk food. My point is that one can consume a healthy or unhealthy diet regardless of whether they eat meat or are vegans or vegetarians and the solution to the hunger issue is not so black and white as Shekhar makes it appear whether he intended to do so or not.
Just visit the tribal areas of Odisha, Jharkand, Chattisgarh, MP and rural areas of Bihar, Eastern UP, MP and Rajasthan to know what malnurishment and wasting looks like! These are well over 4-500 million
People in different parts of the world are built differently through generations of dietary habits. The Hunger Index needs to recognize that. Read up on how a vegan mother in Florida was arrested for killing her toddler by malnutrition. She fed her baby only fruits and vegetables along with milk, which are not sufficient for American body types. The same would be enough for Indian body type though. I had a colleague in the US who used to poke fun at me for not having any meat in my breakfast (even though I used to have meat every day in my lunch/dinner). He used to say he'd die of weakness if he skipped meat even for a week. By American standards, most vegetarians in India are undernourished.
First vegans don't drink milk, they drink soy milk, almond milk and stuff like that. Second Indian diet is carbs heavy but low in protein and fibers, most people here care about survival, not nutrition
Thank you Shekharji for informative discourse. Please be careful with your data, as repeatedly you were talking about 102 rank while the index places India at 107 for 2022. Further the various charts you presented show there is slight deterioration in some parameters over last three years, perhaps due to pandamic, and that would have contributed India slipping further from 102 to 107. It would be worthy for our bereaucrats and particularly other TV presenters to get into the facts and also learn how other countries managed better parameters despite the same set of economic indicators, rather than towing the line of international conspiracy. People if not today will loose confidence in main stream channels like NewsX, who till recently spent time in deep analysis of issues, of recent became a chatter box propagating India victim theory in all matters.
The index title is misleading. Our food habits are diverse all over the country. We should acknowledge that a lot of good initiatives targeting mothers and children are in place since a decade. Probably we need to manage the current initiatives properly and course correct them without politics. We have the habit of opposing any progressive step taken by the Government
Convert all sugar mills into ethanol factories.Encourage poultries and milk dairies by not taxing .Ban all soft drinks and biscuits.Tax manufactured food heavily.Encourage people to eat whole food only during meal time.No snacking permitted.Encourage Stevia production.
This is jointly-produced by the Germany-based not-for-profit organisation Welthungerhilfe and Ireland-based Concern Worldwide. Authors of the report primarily refer to the United Nations' Sustainable Development Goal 2 (SDG 2). - -Source Internet.
I was just looking for something to understand this report and bang, your video alert came in. You explain in detail with ease of understanding. Thank you sir
आईएमएफ़ ने की भारत की तारीफ़, डिजिटल इंडिया को लेकर कही ये बड़ी बात अंतरराष्ट्रीय मुद्रा कोष (आईएमएफ़) ने भारत की आर्थिक वृद्धि की तारीफ़ करते हुए कहा कि भारत अंधरे में उजाले की किरण की तरह है. आईएमएफ़ की प्रबंध निदेशक क्रिस्टलिना गियोरग्येवा ने कहा कि भारत इस अंधेरे में एक उजली किरण कहलाने लायक है क्योंकि ये मुश्किल समय में भी तेज़ी से बढ़ती अर्थव्यवस्था रहा है. सबसे महत्वपूर्ण ये है कि ये वृद्धि संरचनात्मक सुधारों की नीव पर हुई है. क्रिस्टलिना गियोरग्येवा से एक प्रेस ब्रीफ़िंग में जी20 अध्यक्षता को लेकर भारत से उम्मीदों को लेकर सवाल पूछा गया था. क्रिस्टलिना ने भारत की इस सफलता के लिए डिजिटलीकरण को वजह बताया है. उन्होंने कहा कि भारत को डिजिटलीकरण में उल्लेखनीय सफ़लता मिली है चाहे वो डिजिटल आईडी हो या डिजिटल पहुंच के आधार पर सभी सेवाएं और सहयोग देना. ये भारत की सफ़लता में एक बड़ा कारण बना है. उन्होंने कहा, ''देश जी20 में नेतृत्व की ओर बढ़ रहा है. मुझे पूरी तरह भरोसा है कि भारत अगले साल अपनी अध्यक्षता में आने वाले सालों के लिए दुनिया पर अपनी छाप छोड़ेगा.'' अमेरिका के वॉशिंगटन डीसी में आईएमएफ़ और विश्व बैंक की बैठक चल रही है. इससे पहले, आईएमएफ़ ने विभिन्न देशों की विकास दर का अनुमान जारी किया था जिसमें भारत के लिए वर्ष 2022-23 में 6.8 प्रतिशत और वर्ष 2023-24 में 6.1 प्रतिशत का अनुमान लगाया गया था. भारत अगले साल एक दिसंबर, 2022 से एक साल के लिए जी20 की अध्यक्षता करने वाला है.
Filling in stomach with whatever is not considered taking care of hunger! It's about proper intake that helps meet not only the hunger of stomach but proper growth in every aspect!
Deeply disturbing stats...brilliantly uncluttered. Thanks for being so informative!! NITI Ayog may have a point, but we need to focus on the task at hand. The challenge is to stir a mass movement at the national level to improve our dietary habits. We need govt bodies, NGOs, corporates and community volunteers to join hands to affect the same...
we literally give out 40 billion dollars of ration and 40 billion dollars are spent on fertilizers which combined is much more than what we spend of defense
Instead of calling it a 'Hunger' Survey, the surveyors should have called it a 'Nutrition Survey'. Because what one thinks of when they are hungry is how to fill their bellies. Not how much Protein, Vitamins and Minerals they are taking in!
Filling in stomach with whatever is not considered taking care of hunger! It's about proper intake that helps meet not only the hunger of stomach but proper growth in every aspect!
"Originally published on 20th October 2019" is seen on the top RH corner of this video. Coincidentally, today is 19th October 2022. (Episode 295) Mr. Gupta is anslysing the media rrports published on 18th October 2022 re. drop in status of India in the Global Hunger Index. Some intricacy.?
"The health of a mother
and child is a more
telling measure of a
nation's state than
economic indicators."
- Harjit Gill
Classic Indianism: fall for an emotionally charged moral heuristic. Sri Lanka is doing way better than India on HDI metrics and yet it's the Indian taxpayer who is buying them fuel.
Unfortunately our leaders are more fixated on the optics which are sexier.
What if mother produces 4 to 5 children.
That's what happens in UP and Bihar
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What if all nation's assets are sold for peanuts to a single person.... Like in Gujarat.
@@mg.f.9023 what if you fact check before passing statements?
‘Not just any faltu NGO’- what a gem Sekhar! How many of your friends run such faltu NGOs?
Looks like someone got triggered with the video title
99% of Indians live in a 200sq foot janta flat size house & 69% of all houses in India do not have a tap water connection its your inferiority complex talking.
It would make a big change if safe water is available to all. Gastroenteritis and related condition drains the nutrition. This becomes significant in the highly vulnerable who would often be in under nourishment section.
pradhan mantri nal jal yojna is givng safe water
This is a population control problem. When u have so many babies being born in families which r extremely poor nutrition is always going to be an issue.
Parents who r poor procreating more than two children r not only cursing the child but also the nation.
@@offred6013 Yes. We have 1/3 of land vis a vis America but 4 times of population if so how could be better ever unless population is reduced!? The parents who can't earn food for them begetting children probably otherwise how so people are hungry I wonder!
Telangana is providing to all piped water.
If a small and a new state can do why not everywhere?
Albandazol is directed to be given free of cost at all public health centres. What lacks is awareness and implementation. Of the 8 zila hospitals I visited in UP only one in Kaushambi has a message written on the wall in Hindi about giving albandazol to children.
Sample size of 3000 out of 1.38 billion will lead to a grossly erroneous figure of huge proportion. Also the transparency in collecting data from all around India is not disclosed. So this GHI index is quite questionable.
Sample size of global hunger index is 3000. 😂😂
Did we ever ask the sample size of TRPs??
This is not correct ...they don't do any survey. ..they use data of UN agencies ...and country govt data ...no independent survey is done for global hunger index calculation .
the 3000 sample size that the govt talks about...is a UN survey by FAO , that is done to calculate food and energy requirements ( which is one parameter amoung many impacting 33 % of this rating ) ..amoung various parameters it tracks food bought in households ....that is through a survey...that is one of the parameters. ..Here too they do a base calculation once in 10 yrs ..then update annually with the 3000 sample survey ...which then is used for one of the 3 main parameters used .
By the way ..those in corporate life / in market reasearch ..will confirm that national surveys are done with even 250 sample sizes ...there are scientific methods for calculating sample sizes . ...and this is not done for this index ..just that amoung many data used ..one is derived from this
Dear Shekar... thanks for the detailed explanation step by step as well as credibility of IFPRI... Much appreciated 🙏🏽
However, I have one question for you;
I strongly feel you should have shared your opinion on the sample size...
Do you agree a sample of ONLY 3000 for a 1.35Billion population?
I seriously doubt the size of the sample doesn't allow any survey to get the facts of 1.35Billion population.
Absolutely true. You are point blank.
@@Anandam1971 Yes this is just a conspirated index created to blemish the image of our 'Supreme Leader'. I bet I hardly see any malnourished wasted child these days.
IFPRI is no longer a publisher since 2018. GHI is now published by two NGOs i.e Welthungerhilfe and concern worldwide. So that rests the very first arguement that indeed it is published by some faltu NGO
When any western give good report of India then we all celebrate and we get some negative report we say it's false, baised..we can only improve when start looking & focus on our weakness
Truth is always bitter.
Same as when you didn't get expected marks....then ask .....no rocket science
Lie is also bitter if we serve you in a proper way....
Haha you are totally right 👍🏻
that also shows our inferiority complex by the way i don't belive any of these indices. nfhs and multidimensional poverty index that lately government has started its better than these indices,then western ngos.
Watched the whole and I quite respect SG's impartial, calm analysis, as always.
The day we stop being thin skinned - be it Hindutva or Dravidian or any group that thinks their path is beyond reproach - and just care to spend time _understanding_ what the other person is actually saying, some good will come of it.
Please use more charts and graphs in your videos. It goes a long way in visualising and digesting data. Thank you for the wonderful work you all do.
It will be hardwork for him as he feels like delivering sitting down the contents from his notes placed in his lap.
There is no “myth” lack of nutrition is hunger. This is 21st cy India with overflowing granaries not a British colonial Bengal . We cant just look at hunger as one dimensional. I don’t know why we are justifying the country’s lackluster performance on nutrition.
vegetaria diet is one of the reason, nutritious vegetarian food is more expensive....
'British colonial Bengal' 🙄 Your UP, BIHAR is equivalent to Nigeria and Sudan like economy and quality of living. Bengal is rich just India made it poor. Look at Bangladesh 😂 going ahead of India in so many aspects be it hdi, per capita or hunger index. What did your UP ( still a poor and backward state ) achieve despite recipient of highest funds from centre and even larger than Bangladesh ? 😂😂 India = world's no1 most populous country and UP,Bihar India's most populated states...
UP ke lala gau mutra pio aur abaadi badao .... Yehi karsakta hai UP Bihar. Main reason why India is facing problems 'overpopulation'
@@Jumlebaaz_Feku_Ayega_2024 where exactly are you from
I've been to the most rural parts of Bihar and Bengal and there's pretty much no difference
And i don't see what he said wrong about British colonial Bengal
Hi just to clarify I wasnt dissing Bengal. I just said British Colonial Bengal in the “British era” because it did face a lot of famines. Bengal presidency was one of the most socially vulnerable region in India , it comprised of Bihar, Jharkhand , West Bengal and Bangladesh.
Protein intake is very less. Indians have to change the food habit.
Yes ppl don't understand that anemia has nothing to do with weight. I was shocked to know that my friend who had more weight than me was anemic.
Great episode as usual Sekhar ji! It's a wake up call to both people on left and right! But, in terms of malnourishment, do you think the fact that nearly 40% of Indians are vegetarians has something to do with?
It definitely doesn't help. Meat and eggs are an important source of proteins and some types of vitamins.
Only very small percentage is purely vegetarian. Many are eggeatarian.
I believe it is. Meat and eggs have the best kind of protein and sure that you can have the same nutrients from certain vegetarian foodstuffs. most indian people do not have that kind of knowledge
A point that Mr Gupta missed mentioning is that 1) our genetic make to not be 6 ft tall 2) our vegetarian habits. However, there is lot to do on micronutrients and education about healthy eating habits
Myth toh nahin ho sakti. There are so many global indices, which track social, political and economic attainments in 100 - 200 countries. Compiled by credible institutions, over several years, fully mindful of variations between nations. Almost uniformly, they are trending lower for us. We should address the infirmities and failings they highlight, instead of questioning their methodology or attributing motives.
Doing this led to the wild goose chase on policy during UPA2.
How can you address when your population is 1.4 BILLION?
SG avoids a critical issue - the accuracy of data. Apparently, data on stunting is coming from a Gallup poll of 300 persons.
There is no question that protein intake in India is inadequate and needs improvement . However, data accuracy is vital for comparison and Gallup polls are opinions, not facts
Atleast read the report and methodology used along with data sources listed before making some statement
WhatsApp uncle, please bother doing your own research rather than vomiting lies here. The scores are based on WHO, FAO and UNICEF reports.
@@motei1853 It is true. The main objection to GHI has been this fact. It is based on opinions rather than hard facts. Now, this doesn't mean our situation is good, our situation is bad but i would rather go with proper data (NFHS, WHO, Health Ministry, etc.) rather than some opinionated report without sound basis. It is important to have proper understanding of problem to solve it, GHI doesn't help in this regard. I would suggest you to go through the Government's retort published in PIB. There has been some level of improvement in malnourishment but the condition is still worse compared globally. SG has a tendency to idolise everything Western Mainstream media promotes. His validation comes from there, understandable.
@@DeccanPS why don’t you go read the actual report and methodology instead of believing what modi sarkar says!
Hunger index is based on several reports including your above mentioned and several data points used to create those reports
The modi satiate raised issue on one report of these several reports and that too one indicator of that’s report which has 10 indicators. So modi Sarfaraz took objection to a small data point and made it like every thing else is inconsequential
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@@motei1853 Bro, why don't read the report properly first?
The opinion point that i mentioned is calculated for undernourishment part i.e 1/3rd weightage(not small in any manner) which is based on FAO data (which India had opposed to FAO itself and FAO had promised not to use the data due to it's unscientific nature).
And i had mentioned the same that there has been some improvement in the undernourishment aspect but the other aspects remain a concern.
So, get down from your high horse and use an analytical brain while reading something and not be a western lapdog. We have our problem's but that doesn't mean we can accept some stupid propaganda. Priority should be proper analysis of the issue to solve the issue. Sadly GHI doesn't help in it. It is very satisfying to politically wrestle even in serious issue's but that won't help.
Asking 8 questions from a small sample of 3000 people to find the status of 140 crore people is absurd and irrational😠
Sample size should be atleast 1 lakh people(100 per 750+ districts)
where are you getting this 3000 sample nonsense ? why don't you just go to the report and look at the data source ? don't fall for whatsapp nonsense.
@@motei1853 It was mentioned in the report. Please don't fall for 'whatever gora does is right' nonsense.
@@motei1853 Read the report document.
Neither all whatapp news is false nor all print news is true(including CTC)
@@asoulwithsixsenses4736 I did I also reviewed the methodology
May be u can point out where in the methodology it says the 3000 samplr
@@motei1853 dude dont think everyone in india are watsapp fellows . It’s done on a sample size of 3000children in 140 cr population country .
Kudos to the Valiant Super Journalist, SG Saab! For talking at length about the plight of our precious asset, The Young Children (< 5 years) of India, at a time Modi Propagandists gloat beating Great Britain in Total GDP Game!
I am NOT really surprised of this most exhaustive recent Data. For me the comprehensive look comes from Mother of All Data, namely the Per Capita GDP and its derivative the INCOME, which is 56% of GDP for India.
As we all know now the Per Capita GDP in 2022 was $1980, and the Take Home Pay/Income is $1109 per year which is $3.03 per day per Person. What is the Inflation or the Price Level in India in 2020? To buy a 1800 calorie food, a person must pay Rs. 200 (out of Rs. 243 daily INCOME). The Average Indian must pay for rent, transportation, healthcare etc etc with the remaining Rs. 43 in a day. Where will he go to buy your micronutrients, protein etc etc? That's why the World put India as a Very Poor Country.
But our Propagandists (including many in the Press and the Talking Heads in our TVs) want to push up their collars and proclaim aloud "All Data are junk. OUR OWN DATA show that India is the Richest Country NOW, since Modi took over the PMO. He rectified the stumbling blocks in our Growth, and India is the FASTEST GROWING economy and the Strongest Military in the whole world. Ask Putin, who is the Master of Strategy and Military Acumen!" Putin has lost all his shirts and walks naked these days in Moscow!!!
Lol... I am a Tamil, writing from Chennai, and I don't speak Hindi, Urudu, Parsi or Panjabi!!! Lol...:D
We need to look how Tamil Nadu fared in this index. We need to know which state performed the worst and which the best.
@@srinisbir8781 Yes. Very similar data for both children and adult Population elevates Tamil Nadu to the Top of the List, as indicated by its Highest Per Capita Income and low Infant Morbidity & Mortality, high doctors/nurser per 100,000 ratio and Social Mobility (how many adults moved from the bottom rung of the ladder up to the Top of the Economic Ladder etc etc) comparing to Maharastra & Gujarat, T. Nadu's immediate competitors.
However, the Political Clout in the Number of MPs rest with the most backward poorest States of the Hindi Belt, where BJP & Modi command a thumping lead because of their Hindutva Communal Messaging all financed by the Ambanis & Adanis of Gujarat!! This is the MOST Detrimental Trend in the Economic Growth of India. As long as MOST MPs come from Hindi Belt, India is doomed to stay backward for rest of the New Century!!! Wait & Watch!
If we as a country are really interested in getting the ranking right then we should look at the parameters the institution looks at and review our progress on the same.its really sad we are ranked so low inspite of being food surplus country
Who cares…as if there is a famine here 😂 don’t waste time chasing to please for a report that is shit
We are not a food surplus country 💀
@@manwithstds7503 India has been a food surplus country since the 80s post green revolution. We export agricultural goods worth more than 50bn usd.
@@hhhhngg we export does not mean we're surplus. There is an actual good shortage situation in india, post green revolution we were doing fine because 1 billion people were there. Only the higher class gets nutritionas food and middle class, when you look at the lower class, then you'll realise how surplus india is
@@manwithstds7503 You understand what surplus means? We produce way more than we need. In 2019-20 total food grain produced was 295 Tonnes, which was well over 230 Tonnes required.
The problems are distribution, lack of nutritional knowledge and nutrient deficit diet, etc. The problem isn’t production.
India has moved past starvation and hunger. However, malnutrition is yet to be slayed. We should explore GMO technology to increase the nutritional value of our crops.
Its not that type of nutrition its about total macros unless people change their diets it won't change as most of it is mostly just a lack of protein in diet
@@mnvshekhawat We have a lot of stupidity in our country and people just don't want to CHANGE. Till the time our current agri-policy (by current I mean 50 years old) remains in force, we are cursed to grow wheat and rice only. They tried changing it but we know what happened with farm laws.
You are wearing half knicker made in nagpur correct
@@sureshharinathbabu9717 Ha ha !
@@sankalp6872 You must live in cloud cuckoo land- who told you that India has moved passed hunger. Go to the slums and interior villages, idealogue .
So Sri lanka and Pakistan having a higher score than india isn't suspicious?
no it isnt.
vegetarian food are more expansive and poor in protein. gram for gram... u need to consume more vegetable diet for same amount of protein compared to meat. meat consuming society will have advantage here... cheaper plus better nutrition index
This report has been prepared by two ngo and we know the relationship of this govt with ngo. More support to Russia, more efforts to trade with Rs instead of dollar more such results will come to destabilize govt. They intentionally complexed the measure system in line with their society culture food habit and name it hunger index to disgrace country which oppose them. They can name it nutrition index but no then it will not serve their purpose. Don't name the organisation who do such studies, mentioned the ngo who are there and who donates them, then you will get the full picture.
Why dont you name the organization here? Why are you being vague intentionally? State what you know with names otherwise you just sounds like a conspiracy theorist.
Are you wearing half knicker made in nagpur correct
I have no idea about Pakistan and Bangladesh where I have never been, but I can say for sure that the rankings of Srilanka, Nepal and Bhutan are rightly above India. It is true that the GDP and Per Capita Income of India may be higher than the above countries. The crux however is in distribution of wealth. The second most and eighth most richest person of the world are Indians. There are many new millionaires and billionaires in India. These neo rich 10 percent people own more than 90 percent wealth of the nation. So, it is obvious. If you travel in India you see the poor people and beggars everywhere. You don't see beggars in the above countries in such all pervading numbers. The net worth of Adani itself can literally buy 4 Nepals considering its GDP size. Therefore, the rankings given in this report is not far from truth.
Stay away from russia, they commited largest rape in history after WW2. Russia started WW2 together with germany by invading Poland.
Bhakts on odd days :
Bhakts on even days :
If u know what I mean.
The name should be Global Nutrition Index rather than Hunger Index, then all the controversies will subside.
I suspect Eastern and Southern India will be much better off due to its high protein diet (fish and meat).
This opens other worms and even as far as nutrition is concerned it opens another can of worms.
Western diets are rich with high far,sugar and less protein and fibre. They should all be ranked lower.
Additionally vegetarian diets can also be good in protein, dhal,egg etc.
I still digress with the ranking it's too low for India.
Forget about nutrition, the question is whether the people have access to basic food articles to assuage their hunger.
Only India complains. Same definition is used for all countries. Live with it
I agree. it has much about nutrition and not hunger. and the scale of 800 cal may not suit indian conditions. even stunting and wastage are totally academic for they are gene based, rather than anything hunger about!
@@vasanthpragash854 egg is not vegitarien and daal does not have nearly as much protein as a single chicken piece
Stunting has a lot to do with the mother's age at marriage (not prepared for pregnancy), her nutrition during pregnancy, her education level and the extent of pregnancy care (# of check-ups she received, for instance). So, stunting in a child is all about the mother! Wasting is a different ball-game - it's got to do with repeated infections that children get (but don't always fall sick to be taken to a doctor), it's got to do with lack of hygiene and sanitation, and also poor breastfeeding (breast milk offers immunity to the child) and poor breastfeeding again, has a lot to do with the mother's own nutrition during pregnancy and thereafter! Why does this video exclude any conversation on mothers? How many years are we going to take to bring this cardinal difference between wasting and stunting into mainstream media conversations? Yes, it's not about going hungry to bed, but we are keeping our kids hungry anyway, by less nutritious food or hidden infections - so the child IS going hungry to bed! Wasting is not improving in India because we have not exactly eliminated infections, the hygiene around the child is far from adequate, and the micronutrient intake is poor. And it is critical for a journalistic report to question the national programs specifically on these lines - which includes the much loved Swachh Bharat. But didn't happen here!
You are partially correct regarding wasting. Wasting can be caused by acute but severe periods of food shortage or disease or both. In your comment, you missed out on the former. Wasting is a sign that a child has experienced short periods of undernutrition resulting in significant WASTAGE of muscle and fat issue. Food insecurity is a serious problem in India. Food insecurity is the inadequate or insecure access to food due to financial constraints.
Of note.....m
Food shortage is far less of a problem today in India than any time since independence. These reports produced in the West are biased for sure. Senior Citizens homes springing up in so many places in India of late and the average lifespan exceeding 70 years for the first time ever as reported in 2022 is testimony enough that India is on the progressive path. It is now a matter of a decade or two in this direction that would get India its indices comparable with other leading countries. With the "poor", "lower middle class" and "middle class" forming the bulk of Indian population, this average says a lot for the progress India has made. The current govt had pressed the reset button from Day 1 in office and India has headed in the right direction since then in this regard.
Even the doctors with multiple degrees dont know stuff completely.
@@natarajanbaradwaj3560 Food shortage is occurring in India because the current food supplies, while does meet calorific requirements, do not meet nutrient requirements. Micronutrients are seriously lacking in adequate quantities in the food being consumed by the population - this deficiency is the reason India has a high rate of stunting and wasting in children compared to the 106 countries above her in the ranking. Micronutrients are very important and especially so for children under 5.
I want to see an angry Shekhar Gupta like he was in last week's national interest. Its frustrating that India isnt investing more in research for new variants of millets which have more produce and if it is available somewhere its a very cumbbersome process to make it availble to the farmers crossing all the govt. hurdles.
Well said. India's R&D has been lagging behind on all sectors. Not sure when and how this will change.
Why don't you do it. Join Pusa and develop new variant
@@abansalify why don't you
This is a wonderful opportunity for India to stop all trade in foodgrains
with any of the country's listed in the index.
After this sham by the world's most developed countries, no one will have any issues to India blocking all the
exports of foodgrains to the world.
@@user-2203xyz Why are you calling this a sham? Will you also call the poverty report that was released yesterday that said India still has 21 crore people under the poverty line as sham too?
Since 2 yrs 80 cr people getting free ration. It looks something wrong biased report
यह इसलिए हो गए है कि अदानी और अम्बानी को इतना खिला दिया कि हज़ारों साल तक भूख नहीं लगेगी🤣🤣🤣🤣
To those calling this a global nutrition index and justifying it, ask yourself are we so afraid of data ? Do we not want kids of India to have proper nutrition ? Isnt it better to approach nutrition like we approach hunger and fix it ? Instead of patting ourselves on the back by saying naah this is global nutrition index, this is some first world nonsense, we Indians are content with just making sure fellow Indians dont die of starvation. That’s achievement enough for us.
Even if we could guarantee that our countrymen don't perish of hunger it would be a great achievement.
Well spent 25 mins.... Cleared a lot of misconceptions.... Good episode sirji
1:00 you dont have to say even Nepal sir, India and Nepal are not that different from per capita perspective. Nepal is not Somalia or DRC. Nepal itself has mid rank HDI( human development index) of .602 which is not that far behind india which has hdi of .633 and HDI of Nepal is increasing while India is decreasing. Nepal is far ahead of Nuclear armed Pakistan with HDI of 0.544. You have one adani and 2 ambanis who are among richest people in the world but if you earn 25,000 INR monthly you are among top 10 % of indian population income wise. So do you think that a common Nepali and common Indian would have much difference in their living standard? Nepal sends 4 times more remittance to india than it gets from India. it is because people like you and your audience who live in comfortable houses in Mumbai or Delhi and are English educated cant even imagine that there are your fellow compatriots from Purvanchal and Bihar who go to Nepal to do manual labor. Chandigarh, Gurgaon, South Delhi, Noida , Bandra is not whole India sir. When it comes to common but forgotten Indians you and us ( nepali) we are not that different. Hence I humbly urge you to not indulge in this neo colonist attitude towards your neighbor.
Because India's inequality is much higher than both Pakistan, Nepal and Bangladesh.
I agree with the Hdi. But you can't compare because maintaining 10 cr and 130 Cr a very hard work. So the economy like India and china samples size must be more than 1cr. Which is just 1percent.
India's GDP per capita is 2600 dollar and Nepal is 1300 dollar and it will take nepal 10 years at this rate of growth to achieve 2600 per dollar. And also due to COVID (decrease in life expectancy) it's HDI index decreased but per capita income ( which is part of HDI) increased and even more than Bangladesh. Our HDI decrease due to decrease in life expectancy during pandemic. Next year it is going to increase. And also we don't have adani and Ambani but also have 160 other billionaires and with lots of millionaires and lastly our per capita income ( not per capita GDP ) still higher than other saarc ( apart from Srilanka, Maldives, Bhutan). And also have more startup and unicorn in the world. Don't get offended bro!! Please go into the details of any report before going into conclusion. And also purvanchal have better economy but have large population. We are only facing problems in Bihar which have 15 crore population (5 times more than yours), that's why you think whole india is like bihar. They are bigger state than you but india is much bigger than your nation. So don't get offended bro!!
So your words that india and Nepal is not different in per capita is totally wrong!! There is a good gap and it will take more than 10years at current speed to reach that level.
Really darling? Who fed Sri Lanka, Nepal and Bangladesh ? Who is the world during this Russia - Ukraine war? It is India. And our position is below the shit hole like Pakistan that roams about with begging bowl? Apply your brains.
I agree with the government. Their sample sizes are too small, the index is not even about hunger (hence this Cut The Clutter). Why don't they rename it to World Nutrition Index?
The govt is bluffing. ..the 3000 sample size story ...is a UN survey used by FAO ...this index is based on PURE UN DATA .
The parameters used are part of the UN sustainable goals ...india is a signatory to this ...this agency is just collating the data and publishing the same
We all know what "The Print" is and how anti national the mindset of its reporters.. India ahead of Srilanka, Bangladesh and Pakistan in terms of poverty itself shows this report has no credibility..
With respect to child mortality: As communicable diseases and malnutrition get tackled, noncommunicable conditions in children gain importance as cause of child mortality.Birth defects esp birth defects of the heart are a significant proportion of noncommunicable conditions which can result in mortality,if untreated in time. While govt schemes cover the underprivileged, but there is a huge backlog as a result of long waiting lists in govt hospitals.Govt schemes fall short of private health care packages,so many private players do not accept them.Govt schemes also are not open to the middle class.Private health insurance has so far excluded birth defects from coverage, leaving the tax paying middle class out in the cold,to pay from their pocket,which going by private health care packages, is not easy for anybody, and pushes many below the poverty line.
Request you to cover this phenomenon of lack of private health insurance for birth defects in our country,that has so far fallen on our collective blind spot.
This report is foolish sir, west are zealous about Indians , thank you for decoding the report. All Indians are happy 😁
If All Indians you mean Adani & Ambani.
@@mg.f.9023 agree. Lets all be equally poor like in afghanistan or somalia.
@@Myanmartiger921 Or mean all should have equal opportunity and not indulge in crony capitalism?
@@mg.f.9023 dude topic is on ghi and what u talking??
@@jayakishore565
When limited resources are given to a few When opportunities are favored to a couple
When Governments priorities are to fortify their own party
When Health Infrastructure is neglected
When an unnecessary Demonetization is conducted
This all leads to inequality which in turn leaves the majority disadvantaged to go hungry.
Case for GHI's poor ranking of India.
Many factors contribute to child malnutrition (under nourished/obesity). POtable water and proper sanitation can reduce parasite infestation. Changing school timings throughout the country is key to this. Having early morning classes (6-8 am) prevents kids of primary school age from having proper breakfast at home. Instead, parents keep a pack of biscuits or wafers or chips or other junk food to dull the hunger pangs. This leads to malnourishment over long period as the kids get used to skipping breakfast. Scholl timings should be between 9 am to 1500-1600 h with 45 mins break for lunch. This will reduce the junk feeding by parents.
Absolutely right
Any report that offends Gobar Bhakts is considered fake.
FAO collects the data, it is through a opinion poll so indirectly this GHI depends on an survey or a questionnaire round by FIES ( Food Insecurity Experience Scale).
The FIES Survey Module
The questions focus on self-reported food-related behaviors and experiences associated with increasing difficulties in accessing food due to resource constraints.
These are the 10 questions they ask :
During the last 12 months, was there a time when, because of lack of money or other resources:
1. You were worried you would not have enough food to eat?
2. You were unable to eat healthy and nutritious food?
3. You ate only a few kinds of foods?
4. You had to skip a meal?
5. You ate less than you thought you should?
6. Your household ran out of food?
7. You were hungry but did not eat?
8. You went without eating for a whole day?
Basically in the above questions I would have sincerely answered yes but I am not undernourished in fact I am very much upper middle income person and have enough food.
Yes sometime all these incident occurred due to numerous reason but no one was responsible just due to work overload (time itself is also a resource) I have a yes answer to all of these. So by the FAO logic I am undernourished.
This is wrong survey of global hunger index .Even Srilanka, Bangladesh, Nepal are begging india for food supply.Srilanka is in heavy depth and Pakistan is in great starvation. Then how can you say that India is behind Pakistan, Bangladesh, Nepal and Srilanka.
Media is biased Pakistan Or other neighbouring countries are on the same level as our it is just d measuring contest. Socio economic figures remains very much same there is an elite class everywhere which takes the average up
I disagree on shri Lanka at-least before 2018 shri Lanka.
@kunal kumar he is talking about per capita income based on PPP because a bread pack in USA cost 450Rs and just 35 Rs in India. and based on PPP per capita, India beats all its neighbors
See how many childrens are deprived in India. We have more stunted and wasted children than Africa!
50% of females are anaemic which is not in case of our neighbours.
According to IMF, 80% of poors added in the world due to COVID are from India.
Pakistan will fall in next report as data was taken before flood (this year).
Also compare NHFS 4 and 5, you'll see the reason!
After 2016 we started to loose (increaing poverty and dive in nutrition standard), this collapsed after covid!
I wonder what would happen when government did not announce scheme like PM Gareeb Kalyan Ann Yojana.
Sir, all due respect to your analysis my problem with those reports is they use a very small sample size & government’s mistake is not keeping the comprehensive data. Niti Aayog has also published a report last year which covers all those aspects Some states are performing badly but overall the situation has improved. I can say that as I had worked at the village level & it has improved considerably government is providing change at the grounds but same efforts are not put in the data maintenance. So will not blame the report but fact remains the same this report is not accurate it’s not conspiracy but badly compiled data
Not hunger, it is about nutrition because Indians are vegetarians so nutrition would be weak. India have easily available free food in temples, gurdwaras and etc.
We have to acknowledge the Elephant in the room! That is the first step! Unfortunately India's image is more important than the Health and Safety of Children!
Well said, Sekhar sir!
3000 sample size for 1.38 crore population. Have they clarified anywhere from where those 3000 people were selected
We Indians need to stop living by someone else’s standards. It’s time India creates its own standards and work towards beating them year over year.
Every “reputable” global organization has an agenda and we can never meet their “standards”.
You are wearing half knicker made in nagpur correct
😂😂😂😂 if we doesn't perform well then it's someone else standard? Government were very happy to except innovation index, ease of doing business ranking, apart from the polls of 3000 people the entire report is scientific it's shows reality of undernourished india and yes definition of modern hunger is change it's doesn't only about hunger anymore.
@@gauravdas6741 The niti ayog has contested the report.
We had in the past I do remember an episode on the same issue. Global hunger index is misleading. It is not "hunger" in the true sense. In addition to the Indian government data, Our cultural food habits are a bit skewed towards more carbohydrates and less towards minerals and protein. My thoughts though. Thank you for the analysis.
Dictionary definition of hunger -
the state of not having enough food to eat, especially when this causes illness or death
Stunting and malnourishment is definitely illness because they don’t have enough to eat. Nitpicking helps no one
@@gomezmilkin340 quoting dictionary helps no one. Hunger, the general perception is not having food on the table. I never said India does not have to improve, but the general perception of not having bread on the table and going to sleep hungry is no longer true. There are a lot many cultural metrics too which would affect this. I am in no means poor and can afford the best food, but if someone were to check the same metrics on me, I would also possibly fall short. Cultural habits change slower though a realization of the same is happening today.
@@vivekanandholla6730 “not having enough food on the table” is the current definition though. Remember that ~70% of India already eats non vegetarian.
Also, rural nutrition is much worse than urban - so the narrative of “it’s a cultural problem” is only a small part of the reasoning.
@@gomezmilkin340 that same 70 percent do not eat non vegetarian every day. Probably that also needs to be considered. I know that most families eat/not eat meat on very specific days in a week . Saying, 70 percent are non vegetarian is again a sweeping broad based statement
@@vivekanandholla6730 You do not need to necessarily eat meat everyday. Especially if you have alternative sources like Egg, Dal etc.
Culture and diet is a bit of a lazy argument in my opinion. We’re not talking about perfect individuals with BMI of 25 (which you may or may not fit into). We’re talking about chronic and acute malnourishment.
Cultural changes do not explain why India falls in ranks either.
Culturally, US has a severe obesity and meat problem - so it pulls down their rank as well. Every country has its own cultural advantages/ disadvantages - need to focus on fixing those rather than claiming India is a special snowflake.
It's also true that poor people are overbearing child and they can't even feed themselves properly so how can they even provide good food and education for their children, so we should produce children according to their income..
No. Impact of poor on this report is neligible.
Yes,diet of India is very different from another country so some nutrient deficiency is unavoidable, also most of them don't care much about nutrient deficiency fulfillment but more about filling our stomach with what we get and what we prefer to eat
it would be more useful if the data was collected and analysed by Indian agencies using a statistical model that reflects the size of India. The planners should use this more robust data for policy planning.
Yes, so that Indian agencies can whitewash all ground realities and present a rosy picture?
Nothing happens with these reports ,as I know
@@kamalakshrao7230 but why? Where is the problem? Can you elaborate.
That's what I was saying. India is of the size of European union. In Europe, you just can't survey 3000 people from Ukraine and generalize it to all of the Europe.
@@sheilakijawani2526 these reports are joke thats why
Why is this index called "Hunger" index when it is not about hunger but more about the quality of nutrition? Very misleading index.
I stay in one of poorest Indian states in a village. I have never heard anyone starving. On the contrary, medical research and ayurvedic principles says that overeating is causing most of the diseases nowadays. For example, Sadguru eats only once in a day and see his energy level. I mean the basic parameters of calculations are wrong and smack of conspiracy to malign India on global level. Undernourishment: Just eat about 20 gms of Moringa leaves 3 times a week. Free of cost and so simple. Secondly, the only way is to do proper cooking. See RUclips channel like 'Satvik movement' and Dr N K Sharma about how to eat and what to eat. Rajiv Kumar was taught about organic farming by a humble farmer and it took him 1 yr to understand this.
Ever visit rural States of Bihar and UP you will understand why the data is showing the truth .....and about your global conspiracy china and Russia do not have problem with the data only the conspiracy is with us ..... yeah totally believable.......
Chutiye ho tum jo aajbhi sochte ho ki vegetarian hona hi sahi h
Exactly.
It is more of a Global Nutrieation Index.
Then it won't fit the propaganda .
@@dddharani2028 yeah because having stunted and malnourished children is so much better than having hungry children 😂😂😂
Peanuts are also rich in proteins, sir !
Thank you SG n ThePrint team, for putting things in context.
how did you miss the initiative of Modi government with regards to fortify rice?
Yes even during Indira Gandhi era had some projects for poor people. That should have been highlighted too.
Where is proverty, there is more child.. Ambani, adani are devoloping very very fast, but india 90%peoples are going dark age.. No food, no salary, no job..
This index's mythology is highly biased towards a non-vegitarian diet so it's bound to be useless in Indian aspect
So Indians are different human species that don’t need proteins? Blind bhakt spotted!
You did not understand what he explained . It is you the problem talking emotionally and ignorantly . There is no myth . There is objective methodology that is based on data to calculate this Index .
@@vijayvarade8077 read again, it's more about nutrition and not the hunger itself.
@@millennialmind9507 I agree.
@@millennialmind9507 I disagree with OKman
Thank you Shekhar jee for de cluttering our mind swiftly. It is easy to get attached to negative information/ news. Love you for your efforts
These people have never lived in villages
I have seen village life for past 45 years
Changing the name of this Index to a more appropriate Child Nutrition Index or Child Development Index may not suit some vested interests. The Index is not about hunger but will continue to be called Hunger Index
Is this a reposted video, since there is a mention that it was originally published on 20 Oct 2019
Yes, you are right.
why are you airing the old episode ?
India needs to wake up from dreams of being a superpower and work on these problems. It’s GDP is closer to Haiti than many countries in South America and Africa.
Possibly increasing income disparity accounts for some of these persistent problems. Rather than criticizing these studies , India should work on improving the human development parameters.
Because India's inequality is much higher than both Pakistan, Nepal and Bangladesh.
Seriously, India has to look into these points and should initiate more schemes focused at primary school level. 3 meals, morning 8°O clock, Yes, breakfast, it must be. taken at school only, next meal at 12 and the next meal at 3 before leaving the school. It should be included proteins, micro nutrients and minerals etc. And the execution part, should be monitored carefully. The teachers shall not be burdened to run the kitchen also. Rather, efficient NGOs should be given the task of running these programme. We are building the future generation of the country.
and also should provide 8'O clock PM meal and later they should be given bed to sleep in the school to avoid travelling expenses .Let's make school a hostel.
while doing this don't stop providing you ultra low cost Public Distribution system.
Bring NGO's into the game and preach padrey.
@Upasana. What about the parents, uncle and aunties? The school could also feed them and even make bed for them in the school to ensure digestion! Why not! How are the PEs of the mouthwatering ngo multinationals in waiting?
I think it's due to dieting culture
The mid day meal scheme should already address some of these concerns. Perhaps it should be expanded. (Eggs are provided by govt of delhi as a part of the scehme but the akshay Patra provides the rest).
Everytime a Jain person or a vegetarian tries to argue how their diet is superior to others, this is exactly what i try to teach them but they never listen to science based points
Yes, that's what they are obese and die from health disease. Wow, what do you try to teach them ?
Thank you SG for cutting the clutter. We seem to have a longer road ahead than our peer group countries. It is common knowledge that even though the food is available in plenty, it is not nutritious. Thanks to heavy use of pesticides, chemicals and hybridization...
The Indian government has wrongly claimed that the Index relied upon an opinion poll. The GHI only uses PoU(prevalence of undernourishment) obtained through food balance sheets based on data provided by member countries, including India. India is a member of FAO. A food balance sheet provides a comprehensive picture of the pattern of the country's food supply during a specified reference period; it lists down the source of the supply and its utilization specific to each food category.
Just replying here so that false narrative thrown out is stopped.
I have done my own research and I feel the manipulated and selective data pointed out by people like you is truly injustice to the data collection effort taken by research oriented people like many of us. DO some research and find out how FAO collects the data, it is through a survey poll, so indirectly this GHI depends on an survey or a questionnaire round by FIES ( Food Insecurity Experience Scale).
The FIES Survey Module
The questions focus on self-reported food-related behaviors and experiences associated with increasing difficulties in accessing food due to resource constraints (for me time is also a resource so many people consider resource to many aspects).
These are the 10 questions they ask :
During the last 12 months, was there a time when, because of lack of money or other resources:
1. You were worried you would not have enough food to eat?
2. You were unable to eat healthy and nutritious food?
3. You ate only a few kinds of foods?
4. You had to skip a meal?
5. You ate less than you thought you should?
6. Your household ran out of food?
7. You were hungry but did not eat?
8. You went without eating for a whole day?
Basically in the above questions I would have sincerely answered yes but do you know I am not undernourished in fact I am very much upper middle income person and have enough food.
Yes sometime all these incident occurred due to numerous reason but no one was responsible just due to work overload (time itself is also a resource) I have a yes answer to all of these. So by the FAO logic I am undernourished.
Consuming foods made of millet can bring a huge change as it would be nutritious and affordable. It would benefit the farmers and will save groundwater. India is promoting this around the world as 2023 is going to be observed as the Millet year by FAO. But the native population is very much unaware of millet's cuisines and nutritious values.
I remember i has a friend,he was twice my size,had a body like Arnold,he is from the cities and he was vegetarian and ya I'm froma small village from North East, everytime I looked at him i was about intimated and yes we both practice mixed martial art ,so i was surprised how weak his body was,his bones and muscles were so fragile ,i think he had fractures or dislocation every month,like it was normal stuff and also i would see many City people with cast and broken arms especially during rainy season,which was very surprising to me..
That's bcz vegetarian diet is incomplete when it comes to nutrition..
You can't expect someone to eat 1 bucket full of broccoli to compensate 500g of meat
@@ibadurrehman5764 you cant exect someone to eat 500g of meat daily..
not even western eat that much
@@rahulkundu6961 I'm not talking about daily intake..but as a rough example I equated less amount of meat can compensate what loads of only veggies can't for some nutrition
@@ibadurrehman5764 Just need to diversify vegitables diet...
like mushrooms and millets...
Most people in India who eats meat you will find them higly obese...
I have tried meat and i cant digest it properly.. like some people cant digest milk..
Then there are environments who dont want to eat meant to save water resources...
Someone explain to me this: Pakistan which has twice India’s infant mortality rate, U5 mortality rate, Maternal mortality rate is ahead of India. Basically countries where children die at twice the rate of India’s children are ahead of India. India does have a nutrition problem due to eating too much fried food and having low meat intake due to widespread vegetarianism, but that is not hunger. Do you think any reputed global institution would consider such rankings as credible? I believe the NGOs behind GHI lack credibility and their data cannot be used for any meaningful research. No credible university or organization will ever cite the GHI in their studies. No chance.
Remember when they used to say coconut oil is the worst, and asked us to drink vegetable seed oils instead, but now according to them coconut oil is better than amruth, that they are drinking it in virgin form in liters. Lot of coconut farmers in Kerala committed suicided because of such propaganda studies. Hence, we need to be always very vigilant and suspicious about anything coming of of USA.
This index is too much biased against Indian eating habits. If Indians eat a lot of meat every day, India will be way higher in this index. To have a bit of healthy suspicion, there is nothing wrong with that. For instance, this may be for pushing 'healthy protean diet' in India constituting a lot of soya products, since no one in west consumes it much any more as every one has moved to grass fed meat and fancy vegan options like exotic mushrooms. Soya mafia of USA is very much targeting India now a days through peta and all their other propaganda organizations. They know a lot of Indians are vegetarians , so its huge market. The American soya industry can dump their harmful soya products full of that phyto estrogen 'goodness' that can upset the entire hormonal balance of human body on us.
Amongst all the noise in the Hunger index debate, the most ignored is the elephant in the room- that is the difference between Richer but mainly Vegetarian countries(India) and Poorer and mainly Nonveg countries (Bangladesh/Pak) and whether there is any contribution due to it in they faring better than us.
India is not a rich country, second vegetarian diets can be protein deficient if not properly planned
@@skinguru241 Relatively richer than those wouldn't you agree?
@@skinguru241 Not just about protein quantity but also about quality,also isn't B12 an issue for poor people? According to one study,"Prevalence of vitamin B12 deficiency is at least 47% in Indian population and only 26% population may be vitamin B12 sufficient"
@@varungk3388 per capita income is almost the same in Bangladesh as india, both pak and Bangladesh are a lot less densely populated, also thankfully they don't have religious issues with non veg food, difficult to do anything here
@@skinguru241 Well that is why per capita PPP GDP is better than nominal GDP.(which is nearly same for all 3). India's is 8.2 k,Pak is 6.6k, Bangladesh is 7.9 k. Also if differences are so slight even in nominal GDP and we export so much grain and lentils,it is even more revealing as to the cause. I don't think the differences seen are due to differences in micronutrient intake alone in these countries,it has to be macronutrient.
Exactly under nourishment is one of the main reason for this hunger index .insightful video ❤. Good should look on to this.
Shekhar, thanks for clearing up the myths, but just to clear up any misunderstanding that your audience may experience, meat is not necessary to maintain a nutritious diet and good health! Actually a vegan diet is increasingly becoming popular in the West and I assure you that this will not lead to the hunger index of Westerns countries going down! I remember when I was visiting India as a kid, I would hear the same meat myth propagated by the more affluent and so-called "Westernized" Indians who really knew very little about the West but just acted very "Westernized". Unfortunately these same Indians thought that the appearance of being overweight was a sign of good health! NO!!!! Having a lean and muscular body with 6 pack abs is the ideal that many "body loving" Westerners strive for and this can be achieved with or without meat!
@vina vidai If "we know everything" then that's great, please solve India's hunger problem! And while your at it, please solve India's pollution, poverty and corruption problems too to name a few because once again India ranks towards the bottom here too! Shall we blame the British, the West, Pakistan, Muslims, or conspiracy theorists for all these problems? Since "we know everything" maybe it's best to remain silent. Even though I was born in the US, like you, I also feel hurt by my criticism because I cheer for India all the time, but when your team appears to always lose (BTW please also fix India's sports program because a country of over 1 billion should at a bare minimum record in the double digits for medals in the Olympics) then one naturally feels frustrated. I feel your pain and anger my friend.
@vina vidai My Indian origins are in the the deep north in the mountains of Uttarakhand where most of my family eats lots of meat and consumes a ton of alcohol, so I'm not following the assumption that India's a vegetarian country where people do not consume alcohol. Yes, I even know that in the Vedas you will find accounts of beef eating. I'm not a vegan and am not advocating a vegan diet and do not even consider myself a Hindu even though I was born into a Hindu family! All I'm saying is that a vegan or vegetarian diet is perfectly fine and one should not assume that eating meat is the solution to solving India's hunger and nutrition problem. For example, please note that all the countries ranked below India are meat eating countries where, unlike the West, the concept of either being vegan or vegetarian would probably be unheard of. When Shekhar Gupta makes it sound like meat is healthy, he may not be aware that the American medical community (not hippees) classify some of the favorite American meaty dishes like hamburgers and hotdogs as junk food. My point is that one can consume a healthy or unhealthy diet regardless of whether they eat meat or are vegans or vegetarians and the solution to the hunger issue is not so black and white as Shekhar makes it appear whether he intended to do so or not.
Just visit the tribal areas of Odisha, Jharkand, Chattisgarh, MP and rural areas of Bihar, Eastern UP, MP and Rajasthan to know what malnurishment and wasting looks like! These are well over 4-500 million
People in different parts of the world are built differently through generations of dietary habits. The Hunger Index needs to recognize that.
Read up on how a vegan mother in Florida was arrested for killing her toddler by malnutrition. She fed her baby only fruits and vegetables along with milk, which are not sufficient for American body types. The same would be enough for Indian body type though.
I had a colleague in the US who used to poke fun at me for not having any meat in my breakfast (even though I used to have meat every day in my lunch/dinner). He used to say he'd die of weakness if he skipped meat even for a week. By American standards, most vegetarians in India are undernourished.
First vegans don't drink milk, they drink soy milk, almond milk and stuff like that. Second Indian diet is carbs heavy but low in protein and fibers, most people here care about survival, not nutrition
@@skinguru241 I was talking about the baby drinking mother's milk.
Great Ghekar I learnt a lot of things today Thank you.
Another point to consider - Indian children are Smaller built compared to other countries - not necessarily due to Food deprivation
Thank you Shekharji for informative discourse. Please be careful with your data, as repeatedly you were talking about 102 rank while the index places India at 107 for 2022. Further the various charts you presented show there is slight deterioration in some parameters over last three years, perhaps due to pandamic, and that would have contributed India slipping further from 102 to 107. It would be worthy for our bereaucrats and particularly other TV presenters to get into the facts and also learn how other countries managed better parameters despite the same set of economic indicators, rather than towing the line of international conspiracy. People if not today will loose confidence in main stream channels like NewsX, who till recently spent time in deep analysis of issues, of recent became a chatter box propagating India victim theory in all matters.
Buddy this episode was done in 2019. They just re telecast it. So it's natural that he is referring to 102 rank in this episode
The index title is misleading. Our food habits are diverse all over the country.
We should acknowledge that a lot of good initiatives targeting mothers and children are in place since a decade. Probably we need to manage the current initiatives properly and course correct them without politics. We have the habit of opposing any progressive step taken by the Government
Bottomline.... this report has wrong, misguiding Title.
The Government should double punitive tax on junk food. Ensuring nutrition in food and promoting organic food and healthy diet is the way forward.
But how Srilanka,Pakistan,Nepal,Bangladesh rankings are less than India.Doesn't that defy commons sense.?!!
Convert all sugar mills into ethanol factories.Encourage poultries and milk dairies by not taxing .Ban all soft drinks and biscuits.Tax manufactured food heavily.Encourage people to eat whole food only during meal time.No snacking permitted.Encourage Stevia production.
Solid advice sirji 👍
Close all soft drinks and foreign food chains in the name of serving unhealthy foods... Next year we will top the ranking.. that's business 😜😜😜😜
This is jointly-produced by the Germany-based not-for-profit organisation Welthungerhilfe and Ireland-based Concern Worldwide. Authors of the report primarily refer to the United Nations' Sustainable Development Goal 2 (SDG 2). - -Source Internet.
I was just looking for something to understand this report and bang, your video alert came in.
You explain in detail with ease of understanding.
Thank you sir
Thanks,, you gave us the best details among the noisy media
आईएमएफ़ ने की भारत की तारीफ़, डिजिटल इंडिया को लेकर कही ये बड़ी बात
अंतरराष्ट्रीय मुद्रा कोष (आईएमएफ़) ने भारत की आर्थिक वृद्धि की तारीफ़ करते हुए कहा कि भारत अंधरे में उजाले की किरण की तरह है.
आईएमएफ़ की प्रबंध निदेशक क्रिस्टलिना गियोरग्येवा ने कहा कि भारत इस अंधेरे में एक उजली किरण कहलाने लायक है क्योंकि ये मुश्किल समय में भी तेज़ी से बढ़ती अर्थव्यवस्था रहा है. सबसे महत्वपूर्ण ये है कि ये वृद्धि संरचनात्मक सुधारों की नीव पर हुई है.
क्रिस्टलिना गियोरग्येवा से एक प्रेस ब्रीफ़िंग में जी20 अध्यक्षता को लेकर भारत से उम्मीदों को लेकर सवाल पूछा गया था.
क्रिस्टलिना ने भारत की इस सफलता के लिए डिजिटलीकरण को वजह बताया है.
उन्होंने कहा कि भारत को डिजिटलीकरण में उल्लेखनीय सफ़लता मिली है चाहे वो डिजिटल आईडी हो या डिजिटल पहुंच के आधार पर सभी सेवाएं और सहयोग देना. ये भारत की सफ़लता में एक बड़ा कारण बना है.
उन्होंने कहा, ''देश जी20 में नेतृत्व की ओर बढ़ रहा है. मुझे पूरी तरह भरोसा है कि भारत अगले साल अपनी अध्यक्षता में आने वाले सालों के लिए दुनिया पर अपनी छाप छोड़ेगा.''
अमेरिका के वॉशिंगटन डीसी में आईएमएफ़ और विश्व बैंक की बैठक चल रही है.
इससे पहले, आईएमएफ़ ने विभिन्न देशों की विकास दर का अनुमान जारी किया था जिसमें भारत के लिए वर्ष 2022-23 में 6.8 प्रतिशत और वर्ष 2023-24 में 6.1 प्रतिशत का अनुमान लगाया गया था.
भारत अगले साल एक दिसंबर, 2022 से एक साल के लिए जी20 की अध्यक्षता करने वाला है.
Thanks for declutter.
Have you reposted the old 2019 analysis? Does that hold for the latest 2022 report? Please clarify.
I hope the institution changes the name from Hunger Index to something like Under Nurishment because that cause lot of confusion in general public.
Filling in stomach with whatever is not considered taking care of hunger! It's about proper intake that helps meet not only the hunger of stomach but proper growth in every aspect!
Deeply disturbing stats...brilliantly uncluttered. Thanks for being so informative!! NITI Ayog may have a point, but we need to focus on the task at hand. The challenge is to stir a mass movement at the national level to improve our dietary habits. We need govt bodies, NGOs, corporates and community volunteers to join hands to affect the same...
But overall it’s a very comprehensive, well analysed and balanced episode of CTC. Thanks Sekhar for that.
Excellent analysis 👏
we literally give out 40 billion dollars of ration and 40 billion dollars are spent on fertilizers which combined is much more than what we spend of defense
Instead of calling it a 'Hunger' Survey, the surveyors should have called it a 'Nutrition Survey'. Because what one thinks of when they are hungry is how to fill their bellies. Not how much Protein, Vitamins and Minerals they are taking in!
Filling in stomach with whatever is not considered taking care of hunger! It's about proper intake that helps meet not only the hunger of stomach but proper growth in every aspect!
In US, Junk food is pretty high from sandwishes to Burgers, cool drinks etc
India score lower than Srilanka and Bangladesh is Astounding+ Incredulous
"Originally published on 20th October 2019" is seen on the top RH corner of this video. Coincidentally, today is 19th October 2022. (Episode 295)
Mr. Gupta is anslysing the media rrports published on 18th October 2022 re. drop in status of India in the Global Hunger Index. Some intricacy.?
You need better ranking? Simple condemn Russia and lick USA and Europe....
They will rank you in top 10.....
Analysis id good upto certain extent. But missing the basic points like sample collection, countries added etc. You should have focused those also.
I am more worried about Junk food growth in India. It has grown tremendously.
Introspection is better than making excuses... Nowadays v accept those indexes where v perform better but decline if v go down...
This hunger index is flawed in many ways 😂
While I agree there r problems..this ranking is a joke 😂😂
True 🤣