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Parliamentary panel slams govt for ‘casual’ approach in tackling infant mortality

-The Times of India

NEW DELHI: A parliamentary panel has strongly criticised the government for its "casual" approach in tackling the problem of infant and child mortality.

Taking serious note of the high rate of stunting and wasting among children under five years of age, the Parliamentary Committee on Estimates in its report on 'Malnutrition in Infant and Mother' criticised the ministry of health.

"The committee had expressed apprehension regarding achievements of Millennium Development Goals to bring down IMR (infant mortality rate) to 28 per 1000 live births by 2015. Unfortunately, there is no response of the government to the aforesaid observation of the committee except that the problem is complex and multiple causes are responsible for it," the report said.

"Deploring such a casual approach towards the serious problem of IMR and while reiterating their earlier recommendations, the committee urges the ministry to furnish a concrete response to their observations alongwith details of new initiatives and remedial measures taken or proposed to be taken for vigorous implementation of nutrition-related programmes with active cooperation and involvement of state governments," it said.

The committee in its original report had expressed serious concerns over the occurrence of high rate of anaemia among children and women in the country, which increased significantly from 1998 to 2005.