malnourished children- New Delhi: The Ministry of Women’s and Children’s Development, in response to a question under the right to information (RTI), said more than 33 lakh of children in the country are suffering from malnutrition and that more than half of them belong to the category of extremely malnourished people. (SAT). to come. Maharashtra, Bihar and Gujarat lead the states with malnourished children.
The Ministry of Women’s and Children’s Development, fearing that the health and nutritional crisis due to the Kovid epidemic would worsen among the poorest of the poor, estimated that until October 14, 2021, 17.76,902 children in the country are severely malnourished and 15,46,420 children are undernourished.
33 lakh malnourished children – Ministry
The ministry, in response to a request from RTI, said a total of 33 23,322 children had been obtained from data from 34 states and union territories. These data were recorded on the POSHAN app, developed last year, to monitor nutritional results.
A ministry official clarified, “Of 8.19 crore children in the Anganwadi system, only 33 lakh are undernourished, which is only 4.04 percent of the total children.”
91% increase in the number of malnourished children
These figures are worrying in themselves, but they are more worrying than in November of last year. Between November 2020 and October 14, 2021, there was a 91% increase in the number of these children.
However, there are two types of statistics in this regard, which are based on different methods of data collection. Last year, the number of severely these (six months to six years) was recorded by 36 states and Union territories and reported to the Center. The latest data is taken from the Nutrition Tracker app, where the data is entered directly by the Anganwadis and received by the center.
