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Rajasthan terminates National Nutrition Mission contractual staff
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As many as 680 personnel affected by the order in the State
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The National Nutrition Mission or Poshan Abhiyan was approved by the Union Cabinet in December 2017. | Photo Credit: Twitter/@POSHAN Official
As many as 680 personnel affected by the order in the State
The Rajasthan government has issued an order terminating the services of contractual staff employed for National Nutrition Mission citing delay by the Centre in issuing guidelines for a revamped scheme first announced by Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman during her Budget speech this year.
An estimated 680 personnel affected by the order in the State have now written to Prime Minister Narendra Modi seeking relief in the matter.
India’s child malnutrition: Troubling data from the National Family Health Survey
Reproduced below is an article “India’s child malnutrition story worsens”, by Patralekha Chatterjee, published in one of the world’s oldest and best-known general medical journals, Lancet:
India’s economic growth in recent decades has co-existed with alarming levels of chronic hunger and stunting. The country ranked 94th among 107 countries in the Global Hunger Index 2020, way behind many other developing countries. Now, new data suggest that child malnutrition might be worsening fewer children in India are dying, but those who survive are more malnourished and anaemic in many states.
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