Over 1.96 Lakh Malnourished Children in Gujarat
The Gujarat government in a written reply to Congress MLA said that there are over 1.96 lakh malnourished children in Gujarat.
Lalit Vasoya, Congress MLA from Dhoraji, asked the Gujarat Government to answer how many [Box 03 malnourished children were there in Gujarat on 11th December 2019. The Gujarat government in a written reply to Congress MLA said that there are over 1.96 lakh malnourished children in Gujarat. As per state government’s data, there are 1.96 malnourished children in all 33 districts of Gujarat. Dahod had the with the highest number of malnourished children which is 42,000.
While the Narmada had the second-highest number of malnourished children.Porbandar and Botad had the lowest number of malnourished children.Anganwadi is a type of rural child care centre in India. They were started by the Indian government in 1975 to reduce child hunger and malnutrition. Even though the government provides good food to children all over Gujarat through these anganwadis, there are still so many malnourished children.
The government also provides milk to children in 20 districts of Gujarat.They even provide breakfast and fruits to children of three-six years, twice a week. But still children are malnourished. The state government also said that it has appointed Hyderabad-based National Institute of Nutrition (NIN) and Mumbai-based International Institute of Population Science (IIPS) to conduct surveys regarding malnourishment in the state.
