{"id":33153,"date":"2017-10-17T11:52:01","date_gmt":"2017-10-17T11:52:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.edristi.in\/?p=33153"},"modified":"2017-10-17T11:52:01","modified_gmt":"2017-10-17T11:52:01","slug":"global-hunger-index-2017","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.edristi.in\/hi\/%e0%a4%b9%e0%a5%8b%e0%a4%ae\/global-hunger-index-2017\/","title":{"rendered":"Global Hunger Index-2017"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Question: What is the ranking of India in the &#8216;Global Hunger Index-2007&#8217; released by &#8216;International Food Policy Research Institute&#8217; (IFPRI) on October 12, 2017? <\/strong><br \/>\n(a) 86th<br \/>\n(b) 100th<br \/>\n(c) 97th<br \/>\n(d) 65th<br \/>\n<strong>Answer- (b)<br \/>\nRelated Facts:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<li>On October 12, 2017, the &#8216;Global Hunger Index-2017&#8217; was released by the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI).<\/li>\n<li>The main theme of the GHI-2017 report is &#8216;The Inequalities of Hunger&#8217;.<\/li>\n<li>GHI scores are based on four component indicators\u2014undernourishment, child wasting, child stunting, and child mortality.<\/li>\n<li>Each of the four component indicators is given a standardized score on a 100-point scale, based on the highest observed level for the indicator globally.<\/li>\n<li>This calculation results in GHI scores on a 100-point scale, where 0 is the best score (no hunger) and 100 is the worst.<\/li>\n<li>According to 2017 GHI scores, the level of hunger in the world has decreased by 27 percent from the 2000 level.<\/li>\n<li>119 countries have been included in the global hunger index.<\/li>\n<li>Of the 119 countries assessed in this year\u2019s report, one falls in the extremely alarming range on the GHI Severity Scale; 7 fall in the alarming range; 44 in the serious range; and 24 in the moderate range. Only 43 countries have scores in the low range.<\/li>\n<li>The 14 countries with 2017 GHI scores of less than 5 are not assigned individual ranks, but rather are collectively ranked 1\u201314.<\/li>\n<li>In which five top countries are Belarus, Bosnia and Herzegovina (jointly), Chile, Croatia and Cuba respectively.<\/li>\n<li>India is jointly ranked 100th with the Djibouti and Rwanda in the global hunger index -2017, while India was at 97th rank last year (2016) in 118 countries.<\/li>\n<li>India&#8217;s score in GH-Index -2017 is -31.4.<\/li>\n<li>India remains still in a serious position.<\/li>\n<li>Like last year, India&#8217;s position is better than Pakistan (106th position).<\/li>\n<li>While India is at bad condition comparable to Nepal (72nd), Sri Lanka (84th) and Bangladesh (88th position).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Reference:<\/strong><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.globalhungerindex.org\/pdf\/en\/2017.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">http:\/\/www.globalhungerindex.org\/pdf\/en\/2017.pdf<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.thehindu.com\/news\/national\/india-100th-on-global-hunger-index-trails-north-korea-bangladesh\/article19846437.ece\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">http:\/\/www.thehindu.com\/news\/national\/india-100th-on-global-hunger-index-trails-north-korea-bangladesh\/article19846437.ece<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/navbharattimes.indiatimes.com\/india\/india-100th-on-global-hunger-index-trails-north-korea-bangladesh\/articleshow\/61057694.cms\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/navbharattimes.indiatimes.com\/india\/india-100th-on-global-hunger-index-trails-north-korea-bangladesh\/articleshow\/61057694.cms<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Question: What is the ranking of India in the &#8216;Global Hunger Index-2007&#8217; released by &#8216;International Food Policy Research Institute&#8217; (IFPRI) on October 12, 2017? (a) 86th (b) 100th (c) 97th (d) 65th Answer- (b) Related Facts: On October 12, 2017, the &#8216;Global Hunger Index-2017&#8217; was released by the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI). 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