CURRENT AFFAIRS

Detailed explanation-1: -Jharkhand has become the third state after Bihar and Odisha in eastern India to have Food Security Atlas for its rural areas.

Detailed explanation-2: -Chhattisgarh government was the first who took the initiative to pass the first food security act in the country.

Detailed explanation-3: -The Institute for Human Development (IHD) and the UN World Food Programme ( UN-WFP) have produced a series of Food Security Atlases which are a tool for the government and policy makers to target interventions more effectively and fine tune assistance strategies to pursue the most vulnerable groups and areas.

Detailed explanation-4: -India has ranked 101 among the 116 countries on the Global Hunger Index, 2021.

Detailed explanation-5: -Largest number of food insecure people are in the states of West Bengal, Jharkhand, parts of Maharashtra and Madhya Pradesh, Bihar, South eastern and eastern parts of Uttar Pradesh.