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Making India nutritious: 300 preraks deepening impact of POSHAN Abhiyaan

POSHAN Abhiyaan is a multi-ministerial, multi-sectoral and comprehensive approach to reducing malnutrition by ensuring convergence of various nutrition-related schemes

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Rajan Sankar
The much quoted proverb, “An apple a day keeps the doctor away,” underscores the importance and value of nutrition.  

As we are what we eat, nutrition as an issue is vital, for us and the country. While India has made remarkable progress, its growth has been hampered by malnutrition. It is the underlying cause of over 45 per cent of child (under 5 years) mortality. Malnutrition is also responsible for a high prevalence of childhood stunting, and maternal and childhood anaemia. 

While there have been many programs to address the issue, the results were less than satisfactory. Come 2018, nutrition