-VillageSquare.in A new survey by the development Intelligence Unit shows that obesity is a rapidly evolving problem, especially in rural India, and needs to be addressed through policies and awareness campaigns Thirty years ago, obesity was not considered a public health issue. Even as late as the 1990s, obesity was only seen as a western concern, whereas undernutrition or malnutrition was more of a problem for developing nations such as India. But the...
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Rural India falls prey to processed foods -Kankana Trivedi
-VillageSquare.in The lure of processed fast food is not just an urban India problem - rural Indians are finding it increasingly hard to resist readily available junk food as a recent survey from the development Intelligence Unit shows. Many of us have fond memories of drinking roohafza and eating homemade fryums. OK, fryums are a deep-fried potato snack and roohafza might have fruit and herbs as its base but is loaded with sugar. Still,...
More »41.5 crore Indians exited multi-dimensional poverty since 2005-06 -Jagriti Chandra
-The Hindu 22.8 crore in India still multi-dimensionally poor, of whom 9.7 crore are children As many as 41.5 crore people exited poverty in India during the 15-year period between 2005-06 and 2019-21, out of which two-thirds exited in the first 10 years, and one-third in the next five years, according to the global Multidimensional Poverty Index (MPI) released on Monday. The report produced by the United Nations development Programme (UNDP) and the...
More »Explained: Understanding the Global Hunger Index -Saptaparno Ghosh
-The Hindu On what indicators is the GHI computed? Why did the Ministry of Women and Child development reject the report and call it ‘an erroneous measure of hunger’? Why are child-centric metrics used to calculate global hunger? The story so far: For the second time in two years, the Ministry of Women and Child development on Saturday rejected the Global Hunger Index (GHI) that ranked India 107 among 121 countries. India...
More »Bengal farmer earns 3 times less than Punjab counterpart: NABARD report
-IANS/Business Standard A recent report titled by the National Bank for Agriculture & Rural development (NABARD) has pointed out that West Bengal's farming sector is lagging behind other states on two crucial counts. A recent report titled "Farmers' Welfare: An analysis across states of India," by the National Bank for Agriculture & Rural development (NABARD) has pointed out that West Bengal's farming sector is lagging behind other states on two crucial counts. The...
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