India’s private sector can help address nutritional gaps during Covid and beyond
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The nation’s nutritional shortfalls cannot be addressed solely by the government; public-private partnerships are pivotal for combating nutrition and food security challenges
The Global Hunger Index 2020, which measures hunger looking at the levels of undernourishment, child wasting, child stunting and child mortality, ranked India at 94 among 107 countries. Also, according to the first-phase data of National Family Health Survey (NFHS-5), India continues to exhibit a high prevalence of malnutrition among children below five.
The aforementioned data highlights the severity of the issue of malnutrition, undernutrition and anaemia in India. Malnutrition can lead to multiple adverse outcomes having wide-ranging impact. It negatively affects not only people’s physical growth, cognitive development and overall capacity, but has also has been identified as one of the principal limitations inhib
Does Mission POSHAN 2.0 Have the Ammunition it Will Need to Be Successful?
COVID-led disruptions in delivery of meal programmes and other public services relevant to nutrition needed a massive boost to restart.
An anganwadi worker feeds a child. Photo: Public Services International/Flickr (CC BY-NC 2.0)
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Government budgets should be based on a sound diagnosis of the problem and a clear-sighted blueprint for addressing the challenges elicited.
Last month, data from Phase I of the NFHS-5 survey across 22 states and Union Territories showed how gains achieved in nutrition received a setback, as a majority of states recorded higher levels of stunting, wasting, underweight and anaemia compared to NFHS-4. This data casts doubt upon the ambitious targets set under POSHAN Abhiyan for reducing undernutrition.
A promising Budget in the midst of a crisis
February 04, 2021
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Amidst a global pandemic of unprecedented magnitude and an economic downturn, independent India’s first paperless budget (perhaps a reinstatement of the government’s commitment to the environment), is meant to catalyze recovery, in terms of health and finance, and reinvigorate human capital with inclusive development.
At the onset, various tenets of sustainability were touched upon, including and not limited to – significant outlays towards good health and well-being, clean air, renewable energy, water and sanitation, waste management and reducing inequalities.
The launch of a new centrally sponsored scheme, PM AtmaNirbhar Swasth Bharat Yojana with an outlay of Rs. 64,180 crores over 6 years, to develop capacities of primary, secondary and tertiary health care centres, strengthen existing institutions and create new ones, will be a welcome move for upgrading the health sector, which is definitely the need of
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Major welfare schemes have faced cuts and deductions, it says.
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According to an analysis, the allocations for important food and nutrition programmes such as the POSHAN (or ICDS scheme) and the mid-day meal programmein the Union Budget are nearly 40% less than what they were in 2014-15, when the NDA government came to power.
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Major welfare schemes have faced cuts and deductions, it says.
Instead of taking bold steps to counter rising hunger following the national lockdown last year, the Union Budget has responded by introducing “cuts and deductions” and “abdicating its responsibility in ensuring social security,” the Right to Food Campaign said on Wednesday.
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