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India continues to perform poor in global hunger index despite adequate food stocks and statutory laws to ensure food security. Analyze and provide solutions to deal with this problem.
Recently India has ranked on 107th position in Global Hunger Index despite overflowing FCI godowns and food wastage. Magnitude of Problem of hunger in India: Burden of malnutrition. High rate of stunting among children. Approximately 50% women are anaemic. Safeguards ..
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Despite various laws, the problem of bonded labour is still existing in India. Discuss the causes and solutions for the existing problem.
Bonded labour is a type of exploitative work that includes forceful conditions of work for free or very less wages. It has continued even after independence due to factors like: Land reforms and tenancy reforms were not undertaken with sincerity ..
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Global Hunger Index-2019: Analyzing Government Response
India has ranked 102 in the Global Hunger Index, out of 117 qualified countries. Most of this poor performance has been attributed to the increase in the prevalence of wasting in children below the age of 5. What is the ..
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Revisiting the National Nutrition Strategy 2018
According to recent studies by Lancet, there is evidence of undernutrition and obesity now co-existing and promoting one another. It has also been found that unsafe food contributes directly / indirectly to nutritional outcomes and that poor eating habits impacts ..
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Tackling Malnutrition with Biofortification
In the Global Hunger Index, India has ranked at 103rd position among 119 countries. It is continuous focus on calories rather than nutritional aspects of diet which has led to this distressed state. According to the Comprehensive National Nutrition Survey ..
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Despite its transformative potential the mid-day meal is perceived as charity and not a civic responsibility. Comment.
Ever since being made compulsory by the Supreme Court, the mid-day meal scheme has received considerable appreciation not only from India but from all quarters of the world. The scheme is the world’s biggest of its kind and with any ..