September Revolution

Government Goes All Out With Integrated Plan For A Sure Cure To Malnutrition.

- Preetha Nair

SEPTEMBER—blessed with the harvest moon, prospects of plenty, no one goes hungry. No wonder the government has chosen the month to talk about the nutritional requirements of a nation where one-third of the world’s malnourished lives. The challenges are plenty: one-third of India’s 1.25 billion people don’t get enough to eat; one-third of India eats only unhealthy food; one in three of our children below five is underweight; our future is stunted. To fight all these and more, the government has launched September as Poshan Maah (month)—an integrated programme intended to boost the Narendra Modi government’s signature scheme, Poshan Abhiyaan, which opened in March 2018.