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The India State Hunger Index: Comparisons Of Hunger Across States

SUMMARY AND POLICY IMPLICATIONS The India State Hunger Index 2008 findings highlight the continued overall severity of the hunger situation in India, while revealing the variability in hunger across states within India. It is indeed alarming that not a single state in India is either low or moderate in terms ofger their hun index scores; most states have a “serious” hunger problem, and one state, Madhya Pradesh, has an extremely alarming hunger problem. The positions of Indian states vis‐a‐vis the Global Hunger Index 2008 show that even though there is variability in the scores, and hence the ranking of Indian states in relation to other countries, there are few states that perform well in relation to the GHI. Even the best performing Indian state, Punjab, lies below 33 other developing countries ranked by GHI. Even more alarming is the fact that the worst‐performing states in India – Bihar, Jharkhand, and Madhya Pradesh – rank most closely with countries that are precariously positioned on the GHI 2008 rankings. For instance, Bihar and Jharkhand rank lower than Zimbabwe and Haiti, while Madhya Pradesh falls between Ethiopia and Chad. Our analysis of the associations between the ISHI 2008 and state economic indicators shows that the relationship between poverty and hunger is largely as expected – greater ISHI 2008 scores are seen in poorer states, with a few exceptions. Outliers like Punjab and Orissa and Kerala perform better on the ISHI 2008 than might be expected given their poverty levels, while Madhya Pradesh, Gujarat and