This paper makes an attempt to assess the impact of food price rise on the nutritional status of children of five year … old. Young lives panel data provides the nutritional status of the children when they were one year old and when they have … grown five year old. This provides an opportunity to use the nutritional status of children when they were one year old as a …

The financial implications of the food security bill can be questioned. But the Bill proposes to protect the citizens … from hunger and improve the nutritional intake of women and children. …

The paper discusses the poor health statistics for children in the age group of 11-19. The main reasons for … deteriorating health are identified as reduction in cost of food products, lack of physical education and junk-food marketing. The …

, providing adequate quality and quantity of food to children, and serving as a source of employment for women or lower caste … food is cooked and served within the schools premises, and the centralized model where an external organization, often … operates; and nine schools in Ahmedabad, Gujarat, where the decentralized model operates, the food being cooked in kitchens …

Finance Minister’s Pranab Mukherjee’s “inclusive†Budget 2010-11 does not include children, who are over 42 per … cent of the population. Out of every rupee spent in the budget, he has allotted only 4.63 paise to children. …

National Food Security Bill (NFSB) aims to make food easily accessible at affordable prices to people. But there are …