Thursday, February 28, 2008

Can you find a solution for malnutrition ?

WAR AGAINST MALNUTRITION
• A Man should eat at least equivalent to 2400 Kilo Calorie food in a day according to National and International standard scale.
• Among the poorest section of the country 30 per cent of the people take 1600 Kilo Calorie food or less than it.
• In our country each year around 24 Lakh and 20 Thousand children of average age less than 5 years die because of malnutrition.
• 1590 children died in 15 districts of Maharashtra between April and July 2005.
• More than 75% pregnant women, young women and less then 3 years of children are suffering from malnutrition and mental and body weakness.
• An ADB study conducted by Administrative staff college of India, Hyderabad (1997) calculates malnutrition cost to India's GDP as 3-9% in 1996 (approximately $ 10-28 billion)
• This year the production of goodgrain is estimated to reduce by 98 Lakh 50 Thousand Tonne compared to last year.
• The problem is no longer of absolute food shortage, but of bad distribution and poor governance.
In a democratic country like India the problem of malnutrition is a matter of shame. The government should give priority in its agenda to reduce the problem of malnutrition.

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