-The Indian Express This is one of the startling revelations in the first-phase data of the National Family Health Survey (NFHS) 2019-20 — released by the Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare on December 12 — and marks a shift since the last NFHS in 2015-16. Several states across the country have reversed course and recorded worsening levels of child malnutrition despite dramatic improvements in sanitation and better access to fuel...
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Findings of NFHS-5 show India’s population is stabilising: Population Foundation of India
-The Indian Express The first set of findings from the fifth NFHS, conducted in 2019-20, was released by the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare on Saturday, December 12, four years after the last survey (NFHS-4, 2015-16). Pune: India’s population is stabilising, as the total fertility rate (TFR) has decreased across majority of the states. Of 17 states analysed in the fifth round of National Family Health Survey (NFHS), except for Bihar,...
More »Number of underweight children in India increased in 7 of 10 major states since 2015-16: Survey
-Scroll.in The number of kids with stunted growth has also gone up in six of these states. The number of underweight children in India has increased in seven of 10 major states in the past four years, while the number of kids with stunted growth has gone up in six of these states, according to the National Family Health Survey for 2019-20. The survey, released on Saturday, was conducted by the Union Ministry...
More »Hunger, nutrition are worse than before lockdown. PDS must be universalised -Dipa Sinha and Rajendran Narayanan
-The Indian Express All indications show that an economic revival will take some time — support is required during this period to at least prevent starvation. The effects of the lockdown and the resultant economic crisis continue to disproportionately impact the poor and informal sector workers. Since the lockdown, the Government of India (GoI) has announced relief packages under the Pradhan Mantri Gareeb Kalyan Yojana (PMGKY) and Atmanirbhar Bharat. However, numerous studies...
More »Eight hours later, farmers, govt agree to ‘talk on’; Punjab waits for trains -Harikishan Sharma and Avishek G Dastidar
-The Indian Express During the meeting, both the sides tried to bring a common ground to restore the rail services in Punjab, which have been suspended since September 24, when farmers started their “rail roko” agitation against the central laws. THE talks between the government and representatives of farmer unions remained inconclusive on Friday, with both sides refusing to budge from their respective stands but agreeing to continue discussions. The farmer organisations...
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