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AIKMS has stressed that today India has the largest number of hungry and malnourished people. It has 48% of the under-fives who are seriously malnourished and 56% of its childbearing age group women suffer from severe anemia. Here’s a report in Different Truths.
Recently Prime Minister Modi had announced implementation of DBT, cash transfer scheme, i.e., cash in
This programme was held at Jasra block of Bara Tehsil, Kaundhiara block of Karchana Tehsil, Chail in Kaushambi and at Ganne village. A few years back Supreme Court had ordered an enquiry into reports of children of Ganne eating mud cakes to fill their belly and three people of one family died due to starvation as they neither got Ration nor had jobs. The government had dismissed this as sickness related deaths. People of this area have also demanded “Stone crushers be stopped, Stone Quarrying be started” and “Give land and Pattas to the poor,” the release added.
AIKMS has stressed that today India has the largest number of hungry and malnourished people. It has 48% of the under-fives who are seriously malnourished and 56% of its childbearing age group women suffer from severe anemia, informed the media release.
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