CONTENT
Foreword vi
Acknowledgments ix
Acronyms and Abbreviations x
Executive Summary 1
Chapter 1 Why Review Nutrition? 5
The Reasons for a Review 6
Chapter 2 Malnutrition in India: A Changing Picture 9
The Current Situation 10
Causes and Consequences of Malnutrition in India 11
Chapter 3 The Response: What India Has Done to Improve Nutrition 15
Nutrition Policy for the Twenty-First Century 17
Current Nutrition Programs: How Well Do They Work? 18
Targeted Food Supplementation 19
MicronutrientPrograms 21
Food Subsidy Programs 22
What Is Wrong in the Aggregate? 23
Government Spending on Nutrition Programs 24
Chapter 4 Meeting the Crisis: What India Must Do 29
Building Commitment and Capacity 30
Enhancing the Quality and Impact of the ICDS Program 34
Strengthening Nutrition Action by the Health Sector 39
Nutrition Security at the Community and Household Levels 42
What Must be Done and What Will It Cost? 44
Notes 48
Statistical Appendix 53
Table 1 Nutrition Spending in Selected States, 1992-95 26
Figure 1 Average Annual Total Government Spending on Direct and Indirect Nutrition Programs, 1995-98 27