-Livemint.com According to the UN report, India is home to 190.7 million undernourished people and 38.4% of children under five in India are stunted New Delhi: After a prolonged period of decline, global Hunger (measured by the number of undernourished people) is on the rise again, posing a challenge to international goals of eradicating Hunger by 2030, said a United Nations report published on Friday. According to the State of Food Security and...
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States should spend more on nutrition -Malancha Chakrabarty
-Livemint.com Greater fiscal autonomy has not yet translated into higher spending on nutrition by states Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi once said, “There are people in the world so hungry, that God cannot appear to them except in the form of bread.” Sadly, Hunger and undernutrition continue to plague our country. India’s record in addressing undernutrition is abysmal. With a stunting rate of 38.4%, India accounts for about a third of the world’s stunted...
More »Fiscal restructuring and its impact on nutrition financing in India -Malancha Chakrabarty
-Observer Researcher Foundation In 2015, the United Nations agreed to end Hunger in all forms by 2030. While India has committed itself as a stakeholder in the 2030 agenda for development, its own record in reducing Hunger has been less than satisfactory. Latest data from the National Family Health Survey-4 show an improvement in nutritional indicators of children under-five. However, there are huge differences across states and social groups. Nutrition should...
More »No sweets in West Bengal as 2 lakh shops remain shut protesting 5% GST
-IANS All the sweet shops across the state went on a 24-hour strike Kolkata: In what could be a bitter experience for the sweet-loving residents of West Bengal, over two lakh sweet shops, celebrated for their rosogollas and mishti doi, across the state went on a 24-hour strike on Monday to protest imposition of five per cent Goods and Services Tax (GST). Monday's protest is expected to cause an estimated loss of Rs...
More »Raje outsmarts Congress; tribals to get 200 days under MNREGA -Yuvraj Shrimal
-DNA Jaipur: Rajasthan government has doubled the number of employment days for tribals in Udaipur and Baran districts under the MNERGA (Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Gurantee Act) in a year. This would take the number of working days from the present mandatory 100 days to 200 days. This increase would provide guaranteed six months of employment to the tribals. The tribes that would benefit from this would be Saharia and Kharua...
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