Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman allocated Rs 35,600 crores for ‘nutrition related programmes’ for the Financial year 2020-21. Experts explain what that could mean to the nutrition...
Budget 2020: Before the budget is released, NDTV spoke to experts and activists for their budget wishlist to deal with issues of malnutrition, health and hygiene
Launched on January 26, ‘Shivbhojan’ scheme aims to provide freshly cooked meals at a subsidised rate of Rs. 10 at 122 centres across Maharashtra
Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister YS Jagan Mohan Reddy has announced an upgrade for the mid-day meal scheme, set to be implemented in all government schools, which...
Gujarat’s Chief Minister Vijay Rupani launched 'Gujarat Poshan Abhiyan 2020-22', a state-wide drive against malnutrition
New Delhi: As a disproportionately high number of premature deaths in India are caused by preventable diet-related disease, researchers from several institutes including those from the...
‘One Nation One Ration Card’ will enable beneficiaries to get their quota of grains from any ration shop across the country and not just the area...
According to a study published in the Canadian Medical Association Journal, premature death by infectious-parasitic diseases, unintentional injuries and suicides were more than twice as likely...
According to the National Nutrition Strategy of 2017, the country aims to reduce malnutrition among children by focusing on multiple factors like breastfeeding, dietary diversification, deworming...
Despite numerous government schemes and interventions, malnutrition remains a major health concern for India’s children. Here a look at the issue, Poshan Abhiyan and what can...
Malnutrition can cause irreversible damage to children’s brain development and their physical growth, leading to a diminished capacity to learn, poorer performance in school, greater susceptibility...
The study was based on the data which followed 10,000 teens over a 10 year period. Every two years, study subjects are interviewed, given a set...
