New Delhi, Dec 3 || About 34 per cent of children aged under 5 are stunted, while 15 per cent are underweight, the government on Wednesday informed the Parliament, citing its ‘Poshan Tracker’ data.
In a written reply in the Rajya Sabha, Minister of State for Women and Child Development Savitri Thakur noted significant improvement in the malnutrition indicators in children across the country.
As per data till October, more than 6.44 crore children between 0 - 5 years, enrolled in Anganwadis, were measured on growth parameters of height and weight.
“A total of 33.54 per cent of children were found to be stunted and 14.41 per cent were underweight. Another 5.03 per cent of children were in the wasted,” Thakur said, citing the data from the Poshan Tracker.