In a recent study, Jensen and Miller (2011) propose a new measure of undernutrition, based on a calorie share of …

The rural-urban disparities are a reality in developing countries like India. Post reform, there are lot of empirical … studies which has focused on this aspect of development experience in India. The vast majority of Indians continues to live in …

food subsidy programme, on consumption poverty, vulnerability and undernutrition in India drawing upon the large household … Food for Work Programmes on poverty, undernutrition (e.g. protein) and vulnerability in 1993 and 2004. On the contrary …, poverty and undernutrition are significantly higher for the households with access to PDS than those without, whilst PDS has …

This study analyses the changes in prevalence of undernutrition between the 1980s and 1990s at the national and sub …-national levels in India and focuses on the rural-urban comparisons. The study exploits the demographic information available in … household surveys to derive a household-specific norm as the calorie cutoff point to measure undernutrition, instead of the …