{"id":56570,"date":"2020-03-04T15:19:24","date_gmt":"2020-03-04T09:49:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogadmin.forumias.com\/?page_id=56570"},"modified":"2020-03-04T15:19:26","modified_gmt":"2020-03-04T09:49:26","slug":"answered-hunger-and-poverty-are-the-biggest-challenges-for-good-governance-in-india-still-today-evaluate-how-far-indian-governments-have-progressed-in-dealing-with-these-humongous-problems-suggest","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/answered-hunger-and-poverty-are-the-biggest-challenges-for-good-governance-in-india-still-today-evaluate-how-far-indian-governments-have-progressed-in-dealing-with-these-humongous-problems-suggest\/","title":{"rendered":"[Answered] Hunger and Poverty are the biggest challenges for good governance in India still today. Evaluate how far Indian governments have progressed in dealing with these humongous problems. Suggest measures for improvement."},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table class=\"\"><tbody><tr><td>\n <strong>Demand of the question<\/strong>\n <strong>Introduction.\n <\/strong>Contextual introduction.\n <strong>Body.\n <\/strong>Discuss how far Indian governments have\n progressed in dealing with Hunger and Poverty in India.\n <strong>Conclusion.\n <\/strong>Way forward.\n <\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>India is one of the fastest growing\neconomies. Despite this, poverty and hunger in India are very high. About\n20-35% of children suffer from severe undernutrition in the majority of Indian\nstates. According to India\u2019s 2011 government data, 65 million people live in\nareas that lack basic facilities, which puts them under the risk of various\ndiseases alongside hunger, which is often life-threatening.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Progress\nmade: <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><strong>Poverty:<\/strong> <\/li><li><strong>Reduction in absolute poverty: <\/strong>According to a UNDP report, India lifted 271 million people out of poverty between\n2006 and 2016, recording the fastest reductions in the multidimensional poverty\nindex values.<\/li><li><strong>Reduced poverty rate:<\/strong> According to the\nworld bank, India has achieved annual growth exceeding 7% over the last 15\nyears that halved its poverty rate since the 1990s. The World Bank\u2019s estimate\nof the number of people living on less than $1.90 per day on a purchasing power\nparity basis, found that poverty declined from 21.6% to an estimated 13.4%\nbetween 2011 and 2015.<\/li><li><strong>Removed extreme poverty: <\/strong>As of 2018,\nIndia is no longer home to the highest number of extremely poor people in the\nworld. According to the Brookings Institution, extreme poverty continues to\nfall in India. <\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><strong>Hunger:<\/strong> <\/li><li><strong>Reduced IMR: <\/strong>According\nto India Spend, India has reduced its infant mortality rate (IMR) by 42% over\n11 years, from 57 in 2006 to 33 per 1,000 live births in 2017. In 2017, India\u2019s rural areas had an IMR of 37 and\nurban areas 23.<\/li><li><strong>Reduced MMR:<\/strong> Further,\nIndia has registered a 26.9% reduction in\nMaternal Mortality Ratio (MMR) since 2013, according to the Sample Registration\nSystem Bulletin-2016.<\/li><li><strong>Increased food security: <\/strong>Government has\nlaunched various efforts like the National food security act, that has led to\nincreased food security.According\nto the 2018 Global Nutrition Report (GNR 2018), there is increased food\nsecurity and access has led to fewer malnourished and anaemic Indians in 2017\nthan in the preceding decade. <\/li><li><strong>Reduced stunting: <\/strong>India has shown\nimprovement in reducing child stunting but with 46.6 million stunted children,\naccording to the GNR 2018 report, the country is home to over 30.9% of all\nstunted children under five&#8211;the highest in the world.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Challenge\nof hunger and poverty in India still remains:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><strong>Hunger: <\/strong><ol><li>The latest\nGlobal Hunger Index (GHI) 2019 has ranked India a lowly 102 among the 117\ncountries slipped from 95th position in 2010. On the whole, the 2019 GHI report\nhas found that the number of hungry people has risen from 785 million in 2015\nto 822 million. <\/li><\/ol><ol><li>Malnutrition\namongst children in India is projected to remain high, despite\nall the progress made in food security. Almost one in\nthree Indian children under five years will still be malnourished by 2022 going\nby current trends.<\/li><\/ol><ol><li>Access to\nfood has not increased. Food-grain yields have risen 33% over the last two\ndecades, but are still only half of 2030 target yields. The consumer\u2019s access\nto rice, wheat and other cereals has not increased at the same rate, due to\npopulation growth, inequality, food wastage and losses, and exports.<\/li><\/ol><ol><li>Despite\npositive trends and patterns in improving food security, the prevalence of\nhunger in India remains high, with many people, especially women and children,\nsuffering from micronutrient deficiency.<\/li><\/ol><\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><strong>Poverty: <\/strong><\/li><li>It is\nestimated 23.6% of Indian population, or about 276 million people, is living\nbelow $1.25 per day on purchasing power parity. <\/li><li>An&nbsp;analysis\nof the consumption expenditure numbers reported by the National Statistical\nOffice (NSO) suggests that rural poverty rose nearly 4% between 2011-12 and\n2017-18 to 30%.<\/li><li>According\nto Oxfam, India&#8217;s top 1% of the population now holds 73% of the wealth while\n670 million citizens, comprising the country&#8217;s poorest half, saw their wealth\nrise by just 1%.<\/li><li>Given the\nhigher weight of the rural population, the estimated overall poverty rate went\nup nearly a percentage point to 23 percent in 2017-18. The rise implies that 30\nmillion people fell below India\u2019s official poverty line and joined the ranks of\nthe poor over the past six years.&nbsp;<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Way\nforward: <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><strong>Zero hunger:<\/strong> Achieving zero hunger requires agriculture and food\nsystems to become more efficient, sustainable, climate-smart and\nnutrition-sensitive. It is important to look at the future of food production\nto achieve the zero hunger goal.<\/li><li><strong>Human capital: <\/strong>Human resource capacity building is the key as is access to\neducation and health services and empowering the poor through partnerships.<\/li><li><strong>Women empowerment:<\/strong> In particular, programmes must focus on women and girls.\nLongstanding discrimination against women and girls, which affects their access\nto food, sanitation, care, and health services, is a key driver of poor\nnutrition outcomes in India.<\/li><li><strong>Local government involvement: <\/strong>Outcomes can be improved through capacity\nenhancement and transparency at the local government level, and by targeting\nMGNREGA works towards creating productivity and income-enhancing community\nassets or, in special cases, assets on participants&#8217; lands.<\/li><li><strong>Focusing most vulnerable: <\/strong>Policies must pay special attention to groups\nwho are the most vulnerable to the harmful consequences of poor food access:\ninfants, children aged under five, school-aged children, adolescent girls, and\nwomen.<\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p>Government has made\nvarious efforts like the National Food Security Act, Mid-day meal scheme for\ntackling hunger and poverty alleviation programs like MGNREGA. Although\nsignificant improvements have been made, there is still much needed to be done\nin front of hunger and poverty. It is high time, the policy makers should\nconsider providing for the right to be free from hunger as a fundamental right.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Demand of the question Introduction. Contextual introduction. Body. Discuss how far Indian governments have progressed in dealing with Hunger and Poverty in India. Conclusion. Way forward. India is one of the fastest growing economies. Despite this, poverty and hunger in India are very high. 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