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Schoolchildren eat their free mid-day meal, distributed by a government-run primary school in Chapra district

Hunger Index Is Limited, but There’s Enough Proof That India Has a Problem

Reetika Khera 28/10/2021

COVID-19 has worsened nutrition outcomes by disrupting crucial social...

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Budget 2020 Leaves us Wanting More to be Done on Malnutrition and Hunger

Dipa Sinha 03/02/2020

There is no sizeable increase for any of the...

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Aadhaar and Hunger: Second Jharkhand Woman Starves to Death After Being Refused Rations

Gaurav Vivek Bhatnagar 02/01/2018

Technical glitches in the delivery of rations and pension...

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Why We Need to Abandon Target-Driven Welfare

Manabi Majumdar 14/11/2017

Based on a militarised notion of ‘targeting’, such welfare...

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Activists Slam Mandatory Linking of Aadhaar to Health Services After Woman Denied Abortion

The Wire Staff 01/11/2017

Disregarding a Supreme Court order, the central and state...

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Poor Implementation of Schemes Behind Malnutrition Deaths in Maharashtra’s Palghar

Varsha Torgalkar 21/10/2016

The problem of malnutrition is worsened by a dearth...