Need to step up efforts to meet nutrition targets, says NITI Aayog report (The Hindu)

The Hindu published an article stating that the National Nutrition Mission or the Poshan Abhiyaan — the world’s largest nutrition programme for children and mothers — must be stepped up in order to meet the targets set by the Centre to reduce stunting, wasting, and anaemia by 2022 with only a little over a year left to reach its goals. Senior Research Fellow Purnima Menon stated that “the projections are optimistic, and will need to be re-adjusted for the COVID-19 disruptions to health and nutrition services.” IFPRI provided technical support and data to NITI Aayog for the report.