E-PaperNational Nutrition Mission News
Intent of nutrition policy is clear but achieving its goals may be a challenge
Nutrition Mission may face challenges on sustainability delivery frontsThe scheme also suffers from under-utilisation of allocated funds, just like many other government programmes
2 min read10 Jul 2019Nutrition mission will be crucial for India to reap demographic dividend
The mission does not explain how severely malnourished children will be managed
2 min read10 Jul 2019Opinion | Fixing POSHAN Abhiyaan’s basics
Tackling India’s widespread problem of child malnutrition, stunted growth and anaemia will take a great deal of work
4 min read13 Nov 2018Aadhaar required for availing food under nutrition mission
The move aims to help in individual and Aadhaar-based tracking of children for nutritional outcomes and also in area based tracking of under-nutrition status in the country
1 min read22 Dec 2017Malnutrition burden in India remains high, nutrition profiles of 640 districts reveal
The malnutrition burden in India remains high despite some progress and there is tremendous inter-state and inter-district variability, the district wise nutrition profiles show
2 min read14 Dec 2017Cabinet approves Rs9,046 crore National Nutrition Mission
Under the mission, the government is targeting a reduction of 2% a year in stunting, undernutrition and low birthweight among 100 million people
2 min read2 Dec 2017Popular Topics
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