Rajasthan Malnutrition

Dungarpur (Rajasthan): In order to address malnutrition problem, 1,000-odd tribal farmers have started growing protein-rich black gram (urad) and even set up a farmers producers company (FPO) to sell the surplus produce. Mandaviya Agri-based Producers Company, the third FPO in the malnutrition-hit district, was set up with the support of a Chennai...

The deaths of two Sahariya tribal children in Jhalawar last month have become a full-blown political controversy in Rajasthan, with allegations of malnutrition and neglect flying thick and fast.

Dungarpur (Rajasthan): In order to address malnutrition problem, 1,000-odd tribal farmers have started growing protein-rich black gram (urad) and even set up a farmers producers company (FPO) to sell the surplus produce. Mandaviya Agri-based Producers Company, the third FPO in the malnutrition-hit district, was set up with the support of a Chennai...

The deaths of two Sahariya tribal children in Jhalawar last month have become a full-blown political controversy in Rajasthan, with allegations of malnutrition and neglect flying thick and fast.