The Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) defines fortification as “deliberately increasing the content of essential micronutrients in a food so as to improve the nutritional quality of food and to provide public health benefit with minimal risk …
Children have been recognized by policy makers as one of the supreme national assets. India is home to 472 million children upto the age of 18 years and comprise 39 percent of the country’s population. The objective of Mission Vatsalya …
Fear of sexual abuse is a primary reason for women dropping out of the labour sector, among other considerations such as family duties, cultural standards, restricted possibilities, and a lack of supportive infrastructure (broadly categorising crime against women). The declining …
Maternal Mortality Ratio (MMR) is defined as the number of maternal deaths during a given time per 1,00,000 live births during the same time. A maternal death is “the death of a woman from direct or indirect obstetric causes, more …
Financial empowerment will help bridge gender gap fast. However, globally, 35 per cent of women are estimated to be financially excluded. 0.7% of women in rural areas and 81% in urban areas had deposit accounts in banks. This is an …
While women have played very visible and important roles at the higher echelons of power and at the grassroots level in social movements, they have been under-represented in political parties as officials and as members of key decision-making bodies. In …
Anganwadi is a centrally funded initiative established by states and union territories in India that functions as a rural child and maternal care centre. The Government of India initiated it. In 1975, the Integrated Child Development Services programme was established …
In India, urbanisation and city expansion have put a strain on fundamental infrastructure and services such as housing, sanitation, and health. Migrant labourers are the worst hit by the lack of these fundamental necessities. The epidemic of Covid-19 has exacerbated …
The National Family Health Survey (NFHS 5), which provides a perspective of the nation’s health, has produced positive results on multiple fronts, including population growth stabilisation, increased family planning services, and improved health-care delivery. It does, however, underscore the need …
The latest World Inequality Report — authored by co-director of the World Inequality Lab, Lucas Chancel, along with economists Thomas Piketty, Emmanuel Saez and Gabriel Zucman — makes for a sobering read. It details the rising levels of income and …