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TheNNM B databeingpartialin covcrage(leavingoutmanyStates<br />
wherethehungersituationmightbeworse)andbeingStatelcveldara,are<br />
notparticularly helpfulin identifyinghungerhotspotsin thccountry.<br />
Anothersourccofdataon food intakesand energy levelsisthc lndia<br />
Nutrition Profile (1NP),lastpublishcd by theW omen and Child<br />
DevelopmentDepartm entoftheGO Iin 1998.Thisalso hasthelim itation<br />
ofpartialcoverage,in thatitisconilncd toa few States.However,ithas<br />
the meritof providing districtleveldata.Since itsunlikely thatdramatic<br />
changesforthe betterwould haveoccurcd in respectof nutrition bctween<br />
1998and now,oncmay use(he1N P datato throw lighton somehunger<br />
hotspotin thecountry.Using INP 1998 data)alis:ofthedistrictsofthc<br />
SratesofAsslm,Bihar,Haryana,Punjaband Rajasthan,whichreporta<br />
mean leveloftherelevantvariable(intakctocerealsand pulsesingramsper<br />
consumption unitperday,encrprlevelin kilocaloriesperconsum ption<br />
unitperday)helow theRDA specifiedbytheICM R.Itcouldbeseenrhat<br />
thesituation isespecialy seriousin termsoftheintakelevelsof pulses.<br />
The abovcfindingsareforebodingsofseriousconsequenceforthe<br />
future physicaland intelectualcapitaloflndiaand need ro behecdcd<br />
posthaste.The conscqucncesofchild under-nutrition formorlidity and<br />
mortality areenormous.Child m alnutrition isrcsponsiblefor22 pcrcent<br />
ofthe country'sburden ofdisease. Them inimallossro GDP dueto<br />
Vitamin andM ineralDcficiency D)malnutritionperyearisreportedly<br />
lks.27,720 crore.ln such ascenario,addresing food and nutriCion security<br />
and building asustainablcfood and nutrition Security systcm haveto be<br />
flagged asurgenttasl:sforsustained econom icprogress.<br />
Food and N utrition Security<br />
The conceptof food and nutrition security implicsthat<br />
Evcnrindividualhasthcphysical,economic,socialandenvironmental<br />
acce-sto a balanced dictthatincludesthenecessary macro-and micronutrients,safedrinking<br />
water,sanitation,environmentalhygiene,<br />
primazy healthcareand cducation so asto lcad ahealthy and productive<br />
life.<br />
i) Food originafesfrom efxcientand environmentaly bcnign<br />
production tcdm ologiesthatconserveand enhancethenaturalre-source
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