Understanding malnutrition in India

Malnutrition is one of the largest factors supressing India's spectacular growth. In a country of lunar missions, billionaires, and nuclear power, a staggering 46% of all India children under 5 years old are still underweight. In India, where everything is on a large scale, malnutrition is daunting - an estimated 200 million children are underweight at any given time, with more than 6 million of those children suffering from the worst form of malnutrition, severe acute malnutrition. Experts estimate that malnutrition constitutes over 22% of India's disease burden, making malnutrition one of the nation's largest health threats.

The causes of malnutrition and therefore the solutions to the problem vary as much as the Indian people. To understand and solve malnutrition requires patience, nuance, flexibility, and above all determination.

Follow me as I set out to understand malnutrition in the subcontinent and begin to tackle it

Saturday, March 20, 2010

The National Food Securities Act

Great background article on the National Food Securities Act:

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/UPA-gets-food-security-bill-off-the-block/articleshow/5699603.cms

The Act, which will guarantee BPL families foodgrains at extremely discounted rates, will be a national program on par with NREGA and the Mid-Day Meal scheme, and, similarly, will be implemented at the state level.

This Act is a great step in the right direction to promoting greater food security in India, but as always, the devil is in the details. I'm waiting to see the fine print and how this will translate into action - given the deep corruption in the existing PDS system.
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