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Figure 1: Climate Vulnerability Indices and ranking of districts of Jharkhand, Department of Science and

Technology, Government of India

Since 1961, food supply per capita has increased by more than 30%, accompanied by greater use of

nitrogen fertilizers (an increase of about 800%) and water resources for irrigation (an increase of more

than 100%).

However, India ranked 111 out of 125 in the Global Hunger Index 20235. National Institution for

Transforming India (NITI) Aayog’s Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) report 2020-21, ranked

Jharkhand lowest performing state in the zero hunger goal of SDG6. The number of wasted children

between 0-5 years in 2019-2021 was 8,80,166. Among them, 3,71,508 were the result of severe wasting

due to malnutrition. Under 5-year children, 42.9 percent were underweight and 36.2 percent were stunted.

The nutritional deficiency was pervasive with 62.6 percent of pregnant women and 34 percent of

adolescents in Jharkhand suffering from anaemia.

As per an independent study by Right To Food Campaign, between 2015 and 2020, 99 deaths had

occurred in 9 states on account of starvation; out of which a maximum of 33 deaths took place in

Jharkhand.

Moreover, the food system is under pressure from non-climate stressors, i.e.; growing population, income

inequality, and class and caste biases. These climate and non-climate stresses combined are impacting

food and nutritional security.

6 https://www.niti.gov.in/sites/default/files/2022-07/SNP_Jharkhand_Final_compressed.pdf

5 https://www.globalhungerindex.org/ranking.html

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