A new framework around caste and the census
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January 23, 2021 00:37 IST
There needs to be closer engagement between all stakeholders of the Census and the Socio-Economic and Caste Census
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There needs to be closer engagement between all stakeholders of the Census and the Socio-Economic and Caste Census
Enumerating, describing and understanding the population of a society and what people have access to, and what they are excluded from, is important not only for social scientists but also for policy practitioners and the government. In this regard, the Census of India, one of the largest exercises of its kind, enumerates and collects demographic and socio-economic information on the Indian population. However, no data exists in a vacuum. It has its own history, context and purpose.
Putting food at the centre of India’s nutrition agenda
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December 18, 2020 00:40 IST
Reducing the burden of child undernutrition needs a policy goal providing affordable access to quality food items
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Reducing the burden of child undernutrition needs a policy goal providing affordable access to quality food items
The provisional verdict from the fifth round of the National Family Health Survey (NFHS 2019-20 factsheets on the burden of child undernutrition is not encouraging, with few exceptions. For the most part, this assessment has relied on the measure of a child’s anthropometry, i.e., children are defined as stunted, underweight or wasted if their standardised height-for-age, weight-for-age or weight-for-height, respectively, is more than two standard deviations below the World Health Organization (WHO) Child Growth Standards median.