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No food no vote, decide Madhya Pradesh villagers
Sunday, 14 September 2008, 20:13 Hrs
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"However, the percentage of underweight children in Madhya Pradesh increased from 54 in 1998-99 to 60.3 now and the percentage of wasted (extremely malnourished) children has gone up from 20 to 33, according to NFHS, despite Unicef involvement", a WCD official told IANS on condition of anonymity.

The NFHS report says that only 14 percent children breastfeed within one hour of birth and 82.6 percent of children between the six and 35 months (the most critical period of life for mental and physical development) are anaemic.

On the other hand, on the basis of its own data, the Madhya Pradesh government has been claiming that the ratio of undernourishment has come down to somewhere around 49 percent.

But the schemes do not reach 52-62 percent of children and 46-59 percent of pregnant and lactating mothers, says a report of the Comptroller Auditor General (CAG) of India.

The state government had launched the Bal Sanjeevani Scheme in 2001 after a previous NFHS round. It was meant to identify malnourished children, but has remained restricted to weighing them. Over 50,000 settlements do not even have an Anganwadi where nutritious food can reach regularly. There are no educational activities for children either.
Source: IANS
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