Which of the following statements about hunger in India is are correct India has been ranked 103rdin...........

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Which of the following statements about hunger in India is/are correct?

India has been ranked 103^rdin the list of 119 countries in Global Hunger Index 2018.
38.4% of Indian children are stunted and 35.7% are underweight against global average of 22.9% and 13.5%.
The National Nutrition Mission of 2012 intends to reduce the stunting from 38.4% to 25% by the year 2022.

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Explanation:

Second option is correct.

India has been ranked 103rd in the list of 119 countries in Global Hunger Index 2018 and the % of Indian children who are stunted is 38.4% and the % of children who are underweight is 35.7% against global average of 22.9% and 13.5%.

The thrid statement is incorrect. The National Nutrition Mission (NNM) has been set up with a three year budget of Rs.9046.17 crore commencing from 2017-18. The NNM is a comprehensive approach towards raising nutrition level in the country on a war footing.
NNM targets to reduce stunting, under-nutrition, anemia (among young children, women and adolescent girls) and reduce low birth weight by 2%, 2%, 3% and 2% per annum respectively. Although the target to reduce Stunting is at least 2% p.a., Mission would strive to achieve reduction in Stunting from 38.4% (NFHS-4) to 25% by 2022 (Mission 25 by 2022). More than 10 crore people will be benefitted by this programme.