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Decrease in Average Height of Adults in India Alarming: Study
25 Sep 2021
Non-genetic factors like food intake, standard of living and health care play a big role in determining height.
Indra Shekhar Singh
Muzaffarnagar Farmer Rally: Mass Catharsis of Rural Dissent
05 Sep 2021
The frequent spells of rain have not dampened the festive spirit at the well-known GIC Ground in Muzaffarnagar.
Soma Marla
Making Ethanol from Rice Hurts India’s Poor
12 Jul 2021
Government must explore non-conventional resources to achieve energy security. Its current policy to blend ethanol and biodiesel helps the biofuel industry at the cost of food security.
Subodh Varma
High Food Prices Destroying Family Nutrition in Already Stressed Times
04 Jul 2021
Prices of basic sources of protein like meat, eggs, pulses, and cooking oils have zoomed up, as has the cost of cooking gas.
Ditsa Bhattacharya
UN Food Systems Summit: Implications for India and Why Civil Societies are Boycotting it
26 Jun 2021
The People's Health Movement’s (PHM’s) Food and Nutrition thematic circle has
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9.2 Lakh 'Severely Malnourished' Children in 2020; Number May Rise Due to Covid-19 Impact
07 Jun 2021
As many as 9.27 lakh ‘severely acute malnourished’ children between the age of six months to six years were identified till November last year, with four states and UTs not reporting any data.
Bharat Dogra
Tragic Implications of Sinking Nutrition Budget
15 Feb 2021
Nutrition standards across the country are falling and this is directly linked to the falling expenditure on critical nutrition schemes.
Ditsa Bhattacharya
Health Budget 2021-22: Where is the ‘Unprecedented’ Hike in Allocation?
01 Feb 2021
‘The increase in allocation to the Department of Health and Family and Welfare is not extraordinary and the allocation for nutrition even saw a decrease of 27%. Hence, the claim of an increase of 137…
Praneta Jha
Budget Fails Indian Children Yet Again
01 Feb 2020
Critical nutrition schemes see zero to marginal hikes in allocations.
Ditsa Bhattacharya
Only 6.4% of Indian Children Get Minimum Adequate Diet, Says Study
11 Oct 2019
The Comprehensive National Nutrition Survey, the first ever nationally representative nutrition survey of children and adolescents in India was released by the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare.