Ever since a confidential report by the Madhya Pradesh Accountant-General came to light, about “large scale fraud/misappropriation etc. Last month, ahead of the translocation of eight cheetahs from Namibia to Kuno National Park, the Congress demanded to know the rationale behind making the translocation a mega event when about “21,000 children were malnourished and another 5,000 severely malnourished in Sheopur,” …
Ramping up the facilities to improve the nutritional level in children, the Department of Bal Vikas Seva evam Pushtahar of the Uttar Pradesh government has installed baby weighing machines and stadiometer machines in the Anganwadi centres of all districts. In the ICT-RTM of the Central government’s ‘Poshan Abhiyaan’, the growth monitoring devices are required to monitor the weight and height …
New Delhi: Researchers at International Food Policy Research Institute, a global research centre, through a recent study have linked stunted growth among children with adolescent pregnancy. The report also found that stunted growth and underweight prevalence were 11 percentage points higher in children born to adolescent mothers than in children born to adult mothers. At all ages till five years, …
