Srinagar, October 02, 2021 (PPI-OT): India claims to have made ‘impressive gains’ in economic and human development in recent decades and has transitioned from being a food-deficit nation to a self-sufficient food-producing country in the last 30 years. However, high levels of maternal and child under nutrition continue to plague the country.

The surveys like the Comprehensive National Nutrition Survey (CNNS) and National Family Health Survey-4 report as quoted by UNICEF India chief Arjan De Wagt in a recent interview pointed towards the crisis across India. An official from the Social Welfare Department in Indian illegally occupied Jammu and Kashmir also cited similar figures saying malnutrition was prevalent among children in the territory.

Secretary to Government, Social Welfare Department (SWD), Sheetal Nanda while presiding over a function of Poshan Maah (Month of Nutrition) at Wular Vintage Park in north Kashmir’s Bandipora district said, “I have witnessed malnutrition among children in districts near Srinagar. Their height and their growth are not up to the mark. I am sure there will be such cases in Bandipora too.” Nanda said she was desirous of conducting a fresh survey of children suffering from malnutrition.

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