CONTEXT The national health and demographic report card is finally completely out. The results from the first phase (conducted between June 2019 and January 2020) of the fifth round of the National Family Health Survey (NFHS-5) were released in 2020. …
UN Food Systems Summit The UN Food Systems Summit conducted recently aimed to build a consensus on altering our food production systems to reduce the sector’s huge emissions without cutting down funding. The summit highlighted the reality of our food …
NEWS The low rank on the Global Hunger Index should push India to look again at its policies and interventions. CONTEXT This year’s Global Hunger Index (GHI) had ranked India 101 out of 116 countries. This put India far below …
NEWS It is time to formulate a wage employment-based national urban livelihood scheme similar to MGNREGS. CONTEXT During the pandemic, people around the globe faced, again and again the difficult choice of saving lives versus protecting livelihoods. AS PER THE …
NEWS The pandemic has highlighted the importance of expanding social security nets. IMPACT OF PANDEMIC THROUGH VARIOUS SURVEYS The State of Working India report 2021 of Azim Premji University: Nearly half of formal salaried workers moved into informal work between …
NEWS A decentralised approach and strong local governments can enhance developmental outcomes. CONTEXT India’s human capital indicators remain low. In the World Bank’s Human Capital Index, India is ranked 116th. The National Family Health Survey-5 for 2019-20 shows that malnutrition …
What’s in the news? The Right to Food Campaign, an informal network of organisations and individuals committed to the realisation of the right to food in India, has released a survey of 4,000 people living on the margins across 11 …
Context Two recent reports, the annual report on “The State of Food Security and Nutrition in the World 2020” by the Food and Agricultural Organization of the United Nations and the 2020 Hunger report, “Better Nutrition, Better Tomorrow” by the …
About the scheme POSHAN Abhiyaan (also known as National Nutrition Mission) is a flagship programme of the Ministry of Women and Child Development that aims to improve nutrition amongst children, pregnant women, and lactating mothers. Launched in 2018, it is …
Context COVID-19 has exacerbated the problem of child hunger and malnutrition Pressing issues related to malnutrition The report of The State of Food Security and Nutrition in the World 2020, released by the Food and Agriculture Organization in partnership with …