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Title: AN OVERVIEW OF THE NUTRITION CRISIS IN INDIA
Authors: Nirvan Bhatia
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Nirvan Bhatia The Shri Ram School, Moulsari
MLA 8 Bhatia, Nirvan. "AN OVERVIEW OF THE NUTRITION CRISIS IN INDIA." Int. j. of Social Science and Economic Research, vol. 5, no. 7, July 2020, pp. 2014-2021, ijsser.org/more2020.php?id=139. Accessed July 2020. APA 6 Bhatia, N. (2020, July). AN OVERVIEW OF THE NUTRITION CRISIS IN INDIA. Int. j. of Social Science and Economic Research, 5(7), 2014-2021. Retrieved from ijsser.org/more2020.php?id=139 Chicago Bhatia, Nirvan. "AN OVERVIEW OF THE NUTRITION CRISIS IN INDIA." Int. j. of Social Science and Economic Research 5, no. 7 (July 2020), 2014-2021. Accessed July, 2020. ijsser.org/more2020.php?id=139.
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Abstract: India's Gross Domestic Product has increased by more than 50% over the past three decades. However, this economic growth has been exclusionary and economically backward communities in the country suffer from the paucity of even those resources that are necessary for sustenance. India is home to more than a third of the world's malnourished children. Deficiencies in nutrition inflict long-term damage to both individuals and society and are considered to be imperative for the emancipation and development of the oppressed sections of society. This paper has explored the structural causes that fuel the nutrition crisis in India. The presence of widespread poverty combined and poor literacy rates amongst women in rural India have been identified as the primary causes. Even though state programs including the National Nutrition Scheme have been adopted, their impact is restricted due to corruption in the state machinery and exclusion of socially oppressed minorities. This paper has also explored the lack of availability and access to infrastructure that facilitates the transportation and storage of food products which leads to high levels of wastage of food produced. It has been found that there is a significant variation in the availability of nutrition in different states in India. Lastly, this paper has sought to provide policy short term and long term recommendations to improve nutrition rates in, centered around poverty alleviation, infrastructural development, women's empowerment and improvements in the implementation of welfare schemes.

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