India needs village-level data to curb malnutrition among children

Local-level data will make government interventions more effective and authorities more accountable for nutrition programmes, a Harvard ​study points out.

Archita Raghu, Indiaspend.com

· Jun 13, 2021 · 07:30 pm

Why female farm workers’ nutrition levels drop during peak agricultural seasons

While women’s engagement in farming is similar to men’s, they don’t get relief in domestic work even during peak agricultural seasons, research shows.

Sahana Ghosh

· May 18, 2021 · 01:30 pm

After 15 years, child stunting has risen in four North Eastern states

While Meghalaya, Mizoram, Nagaland and Tripura saw an increase in impaired growth among children, Assam, Manipur and Sikkim saw a decline.

Neha Saigal, IndiaSpend.com

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Saumya Shrivastava, IndiaSpend.com

· Mar 22, 2021 · 09:30 pm

Self-help groups in rural Odisha are helping women avoid malnutrition and unwanted pregnancies

The activities are conducted under the Swabhimaan programme, part of the Odisha Livelihoods Mission.

Swagata Yadavar, IndiaSpend.com

· Jan 15, 2020 · 09:30 pm

In charts: Eggs could help reduce India’s chronic child malnutrition, a new survey shows

The survey provides malnutrition data on school-going children for the first time.

Nithya Subramanian

· Nov 02, 2019 · 09:00 am

In India, eggs are abundant and cheap, but often don’t reach those who need them most

While some states such as Uttar Pradesh do not have a policy for the provision of eggs to pregnant mothers and infants, others grapple with stunted budgets.

Sana Ali, IndiaSpend.com

· Sep 05, 2019 · 01:30 pm

The X factor: Teenage pregnancies are large silent contributors to childhood malnutrition in India

An IFPRI study shows that India needs to look beyond the challenge of providing food to tackle the challenge of malnutrition.

Nayantara Narayanan

· Jul 10, 2019 · 06:30 am

Government identifies 12,000 undernourished children in eight states

The Ministry of Women and Child Development said the deficiencies were found after it launched a real-time monitoring project in June.

Scroll Staff

· Nov 09, 2017 · 03:53 pm

A free school meal programme for children is helping Indonesia tackle stunting

Millions of Indonesian children suffer from stunting due to under-nutrition, limiting their potential and posing a threat to the country's economic future.

Thin Lei Win

· Jun 03, 2017 · 08:30 pm

Rural India is eating less than it did 40 years ago

Despite higher economic growth, malnutrition levels are almost twice as high in South Asia as compared to Sub-Saharan Africa.

Pavitra Mohan, IndiaSpend.com

· Aug 26, 2016 · 07:30 pm

Fewer young children are malnourished in India but undernourished population still high

India still has more underweight and stunted children than any other country.

Prachi Salve and Saumya Tewari, IndiaSpend.com

· Dec 13, 2015 · 09:30 pm

Between banned beef and expensive dal, how are poor Indians supposed to get enough protein?

India probably has the world’s worst malnutrition problem. Rather than solve it, India’s politicians are making it worse by denying the country cheap protein.

Shoaib Daniyal

· Oct 31, 2015 · 09:15 am