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Give an account of the consequences and remedies of chronic malnutrition in India.

  • UPSC 2020
  • 10 marks
  • Population Dynamics

Chronic malnutrition in India is not a shortage of food. Amartya Sen's Poverty and Famines (1981) showed that hunger follows the collapse of exchange entitlements, not of food availability, and India — a net food exporter with large buffer stocks — is the proof. NFHS-6 (2023–24) records stunting down to 29.3% from 35.5%, wasting unmoved…

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