Why Does Malnutrition Persist in India? The Problem Is Bigger Than Food
Despite decades of nutrition programmes, malnutrition remains a major challenge in India. Discover the structural, social, and policy factors driving the crisis.
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India’s NFHS-6: Maternal, Child Health and Nutrition Show Steady Improvement Signalling Social Progress
The recently released National Family Health Survey-6 (NFHS-6, 2023-24) by the Union Health Ministry details concrete gains across the country in significant public health and social indicators. Conducted by the International Institute for Population Sciences (IIPS), Mumbai, the survey of approximately 6.79 lakh households across 715 districts provides district-level estimations on population, health, nutrition, and…
India’s Fight Against Malnutrition
Malnutrition remains one of the most important and persistent public health problems in India. It is estimated that undernutrition directly or indirectly contributed to more than 68% of under five deaths in the country. Its long-term effects of cognition impairment, lesser educational outcomes, lesser productivity in life and intergenerational poverty are a structural drag on…
India’s children are getting better fed but some numbers still trouble us
The International Institute for Population Sciences (IIPS), Mumbai, has released the fact sheets of the National Family Health Survey (NFHS) 2023–24, for the sixth round of India’s largest and most widely used health and demographic survey. The findings come nearly five years after NFHS-5 (2019–21), at a time when reducing child malnutrition remains a key…
India’s Nutrition Tracker Introduces Facial Recognition — But Is It the Right Move?
India has added facial recognition to the Poshan Tracker to ensure nutrition benefits reach the right people and reduce leakages. However, it raises concerns about privacy, consent, and the risk of excluding genuine beneficiaries. The Problem it Hopes to Solve Arguably, India has one of the world’s largest child nutrition programmes. Every day, nearly millions…
A CRUEL HUNGER PROBLEM
Photo Credit: Unicef Clear Cut Health DeskNew Delhi, UPDATED: Sep 24, 2025 03:15 ISTWritten By: Janmojaya Barik India can strive to be a world economic power, but one hard reality still haunts its progress, which is that millions of women and children are still going hungry in ways we do not always notice. The National…