POSHAN Abhiyaan or National Nutrition Mission (NNM) will synergise governmental bodies and key sectors of the economy, resulting in reshaping the nutritional landscape of India.
Abstract: To achieve malnutrition-free status, India’s development agenda needs to tackle its ‘double burden’ of malnutrition, under-nutrition and obesity at the same time. It is in this context that the POSHAN Abhiyaan provides an opportunity to counter malnutrition and usher in a new era in food and nutrition security.
The author is Transform Nutrition Champion and Country Director, Project Concern International. bkar@pciglobal.org. The article should be cited as Kar B., 2019. POSHAN Abhiyaan for a Malnutrition Free India, Geography and You, 19 (24): 20-25
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