Malnutrition in Gujarat fell from 70.69% to 38.77% in four years

Ahmedabad, 6 March 2013

Using Union Ministry for Women and Child Welfare data, Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) in its report on the Integrated Child Development Scheme (ICDS) busts some myths on malnourishment. The Report was laid on the table of the Parliament house yesterday.

-Child malnourishment in Gujarat fell from 70.69% in 2007 to 38.77% in 2011, steepest in India. Gujarat is now above the national average on malnourishment which is 41.16 percent( it was 50.1% in 2007). This shows best improvement in Gujarat over the last four years.

-The CAG report says: “There was substantial decrease in the malnourished children in six states (Gujarat, from 71 to 39 percent); Karnataka (from 53 to 41 percent); Maharashtra (from 45 to 23 percent); Uttar Pradesh (from 53 to 41 percent); Uttarakhand (from 46 to 25 percent); and West Bengal (from 53 to 37 percent).

-Child malnourishment in Bihar in 2011 was a shocking 82.12% and Delhi as high as 49.91%.

Full report can be accessed here