The Minister of Women and Child Development informed Lok Sabha the scenario of Malnutrition in India.
About:
The data on nutritional indicators of women and children across the country is captured under the National Family Health Survey (NFHS) conducted by Ministry of Health and Family Welfare.
As per NFHS - 4 (2015-16), 52.1% children under 5 years age are underweight and 49.3% are stunted and 31.3% are wasted.
Further, 37.5% women (age 15-49 years) have chronic energy deficiency (BMI less than 18.5) among the tribal population of Rajasthan.
Malnutrition is not a direct cause of death among children under five years of age; however, it can increase morbidity and mortality by reducing resistance to infections. Therefore, data regarding child mortality due to malnutrition is not maintained by this Ministry.
The overall child mortality rate as per NFHS- 4 is 9.4 which is declined from 18.4 as per previous NFHS- 3.
For monitoring the level of malnutrition among the children (0-6 years of age), recently POSHAN Abhiyaan has been launched under which near real time monitoring is done through ICDS-CAS Mobile based Software Application.
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