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households for studying the effects of intervention over time. Findings revealed substantial improvement in self-rated food …-expenditure and food consumption. Improvement was observed in children’s nutritional status, and use of contraceptives. Morbidity …
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The paper reviews the trends over three decades in the consumption of cereals, calories and micronutrients and nutritional status based on anthropometric measures using the data sets of NSS, NNMB and NFHS. It provides an explanation for the slow growth of nutrient intake and slow reduction in...
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This paper examines how the patterns of India’s food consumption have been changing in recent times as a consequence … nutritional implications of these changes to reinforce some of the findings on the observed changes in the food consumption … explanation for these changes in India’s food consumption. …
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This is a ready reference for organizations, youth policy practitioners and young people to the World Programme of Action for Youth (WPAY), its 15 priority areas and their corresponding proposals for action. It also includes the means for implementation at the national, regional and...
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The purpose of this paper is to examine the poverty situation in West Bengal in a multidimensional framework and to explore possible strategies towards reduction of poverty in the state, keeping in view the Millenium Development Goals (MDGs). [IDSK OP 20].
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This article estimates the proportion of grain "diverted" from the Public Distribution System (PDS) to the open market, using the well-established method of matching state offtake figures published by the government, with household purchase reported by the NSS. The limitations of this...
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towards preparing the draft National Food Security Bill, a detailed Framework Note has now been prepared by the Working Group …
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scenario analysis, has been applied on the monthly data for overall, food and non-food indices of consumer prices in Pakistan …
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National Food Security Bill. After due deliberations and wide ranging consultations, the NAC finalized the details of the basic … framework of the proposed National Food Security Bill at its meeting held on 23 October, 2010. Based on the recommendations … already communicated to the Government, as a first step towards preparing the draft National Food Security Bill, a detailed …
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food security. It supplements (i) the NAC recommendations on food security released on 23 October 2010; and (ii) the NAC … Framework Note on the Draft National Food Security Bill released on 21 January 2011.http://nac.nic.in/foodsecurity/explanatory_note.pdf …
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