GUWAHATI, Oct 15: Rejecting India’s low rank in Global Hunger Index-2023, Union Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya on Sunday said parameters that are currently being followed for evaluation are not based on conditions specific to the country.
Interacting with students at IIT-Guwahati, he refuted reports of large-scale malnutrition in India.
“Every country and its people have their own body and genetic structures, which also leads to a difference in how malnutrition is measured. What Europe considers as its parameter for determining malnutrition, it may not be applicable for us,” he said.“Some company makes its own index and comes up with a list and we believe it. It can’t happen. We are now analysing whether these parameters are applicable for us,” he said, replying to a question from a student on India performing poorly in the Global Hunger Index.
India ranked 111th out of 125 countries in the Global Hunger Index-2023, released on Thursday, with the country reporting the highest child wasting rate at 18.7 per cent.(PTI)
