Malhotra stated that the programme has fostered a nationwide Jan Andolan, catalysing nutrition-related behavioural change and encouraging positive feeding and healthcare practices across the country.
Hunger is a common physiological phenomenon. It is measured by the prevalence of undernourishment i.e. an individual’s habitual consumption of inadequate food.
A total of 300 nutrition kits were distributed on Friday to beneficiaries under the Poshan Abhiyaan scheme, launched by the Ministry of Women and Child Development, at Aggarwal Dharamshala Bhawan in Shakarpur.
This despite the fact that the state Women and Child Development Department runs intensive anti-malnutrition and health schemes for the children mainly in rural areas of the state.
Under the leadership of the Department of Women and Child Development, several key initiatives have been launched to ensure better nutrition and overall development.Under the leadership of the Department of Women and Child Development, several key initiatives have been launched to ensure better nutrition and overall development.
The ‘Kuposhan Se Azadi’ or 'freedom from malnutrition' rallies are a part of Iconic Week celebrations by the Ministry of Rural Development (MoRD) under the Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav Campaign.
The delegation made the visit to Afghanistan after many Afghan citizens complained about the unfair distribution of aid provided by the UN agencies, TOLOnews reported.
All hybrids and GM crops need high quantities of chemical fertilizers and pesticides. Given the contamination of heavy metals like cadmium, chromium, lead, arsenic and such others present in chemical fertilizers, this becomes a serious problem. Crops produced with such chemicals are not only heavily contaminated with pesticide residue and heavy metals, thereby losing the potential benefits of the artificial nutrition addition, they also damage the soil
"The numbers we are seeing this year are quite high and unless urgent measures are taken, thousands of children are at risk of dying," the UNICEF Representative Angela Kearney said in a statement issued in the Somali capital, Mogadishu.
“We have identified 1,627 such children, out of which 10 per cent can be suffering from severe and acute malnutrition. The reason can be the closure of ICDS (Integrated Child Development Services) Centres since March 2020 and reduced employment and cash-flow to parents.”
