37.7% Anganwadi children stunted, 17.1% underweight: Govt dataOver 37.7% of children enrolled in Anganwadis are stunted and 17.1% are underweight, according to recent Poshan Tracker data. The Ministry ...
13 Mar, 2025, 04.25 PM IST
Assam- Pilot project successfully combats child malnutrition in Kamrup districtA pilot program in Kamrup District, Assam, aimed at addressing child malnutrition by incorporating nutrient-dense small fish powder into ch...
10 Aug, 2024, 08.28 PM IST
India's future being gutted: Congress slams govt over child malnutritionThe opposition party's criticism came after the women and child development ministry said on Friday that about 17 per cent children in the ...
27 Jul, 2024, 08.36 PM IST
Study finds that more than a billion people globally are obeseA Lancet study reveals alarming global trends in malnutrition, indicating that over one billion individuals worldwide are affected by obesi...
01 Mar, 2024, 05.35 PM IST
Smartphones help identify 12,000 severely malnourished kids at anganwadisThe government is now planning to cover 1,50,000 anganwadis across 77 districts in eight states by the end of this year.
10 Nov, 2017, 09.45 PM IST
More than half of under-5 kids in India are anaemicBased on the 2011 Census data, the total number of children under five in India in 2015 is projected at 12.4 crore.
06 Mar, 2017, 11.33 AM IST
Poverty, mother's health behind child malnutrition in India: StudyShort maternal stature, extreme poverty, poor dietary diversity and mother's lack of education are among the top five risk factors for maln...
18 Dec, 2015, 03.52 PM IST
UNICEF highlights poor social indicators in BiharUNICEF highlighted poor social indicators in Bihar like high incidence of underweight children, households deprived of drinking water.
30 Sep, 2015, 08.45 PM IST
UNICEF highlights poor social indicators in BiharYameen Mazumder, Chief of Field Office, UNICEF Bihar, said while infant mortality rate in the country in 2013 was 40, it was 42 in Bihar.
30 Sep, 2015, 04.14 PM IST
Highest number of malnourished children in Madhya Pradesh: GovernmentWhile Jharkand has the second highest number of malnourished children (56.5 per cent) followed by Bihar (55.9 per cent), Chhattisgarh has s...
23 Jul, 2015, 05.07 PM IST
India tops malnutrition chart in south AsiaAccording to UNICEF, every year 1 million children under five die due to malnutrition related causes in India.
21 Jan, 2015, 11.02 AM IST
India's rank improves to 55th position on global hunger indexCountry's score is better than Pakistan (rank 57) and Bangladesh (57) but it still trails behind Nepal (44) and Sri Lanka (39).
13 Oct, 2014, 05.58 PM IST
Over 2 crore children in India are underweight and malnourished: ReportICDS reports a staggering number of children up to the age of 6 are malnourished and underweight attending their day care centre.
04 Aug, 2014, 12.30 PM IST
Budget 2014: Malnutrition problem to be tackled in "Mission Mode"Expressing concern at the deteriorating malnutrition situation, the government on Thursday said that the problem needs to be tackled in a "...
10 Jul, 2014, 06.23 PM IST
Need to assess the efficacy of programmes to fight undernutritionThe Right to Food Act and the National Rural Employment Guarantee Act are altering the landscape for human development slowly, but surely.
11 Feb, 2012, 09.36 AM IST
India's child malnutrition puzzleOne of the least talked about issues in the debate on India's demographic dividend is child malnutrition.
29 Apr, 2011, 04.51 AM IST
- More people hungry in India than in Sudan
Even Pakistan ahead; country 67th among 84 developing nations in global hunger index
13 Oct, 2010, 06.19 AM IST