Tackling Hunger in India

Tackling Hunger in India: Prospects and Challenges Biraj Patnaik Principal Adviser Office of the Commissioners to the Supreme Court (Right to Food Case) www.sccommissioners.org

Underweight Children: A Severe Problem in South Asia

NFHS The underweight prevalence (children under age 5) varied from 60% in Madhya Pradesh to 20 % in Mizoram

Progress in reducing child malnutrition has been uneven ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Situation worsens in 13 states ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],Also in Bihar, Gujarat and Kerala

[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],HIGH MALNUTRITION ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],Why high Malnutrition

[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],Nutrition: Very high percentage of underweight children - Even compared to SAARC countries (HDR 2011)

[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],Economic Growth versus Malnutrition Reduction (HDR 2011)

Open defecation - serious threat to health & nutritional status (HDR 2011) ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Legal Action on the Right to Food ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Outcomes so far ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Distinctive features ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

The National Food Security Act

Imperatives for legislating the Right to Food ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Key elements proposed by Civil Society as the framework for the NFSA? ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Issues and Challenges ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

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