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Tackling Child Undernutrition in India: Governance Challenges Need More Attention

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posted on 2024-09-05, 23:36 authored by Jaydeep Biswas, Jaya Singh Verma
This article puts a governance lens on India's current approach to tackling undernutrition through DFID's governance framework of state capability, accountability and responsiveness. State capability is analysed in terms of strength of political leadership to tackle undernutrition and to mobilise cross government actions. Accountability for results is assessed in the Integrated Child Development Scheme (ICDS) – India's foremost programme for children under six years of age with nutrition and health as one of the programme components. Finally, state responsiveness is assessed especially with respect to the Right?to?Food (RTF) campaign that has taken a legal route to advocacy by successfully petitioning the Supreme Court (SC) that has directed the Government of India (GoI) to improve the functioning of ICDS – with a special focus on the disadvantaged sections of the population.

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Blackwell Publishing Ltd

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Biswas, J. and Verma, J., S. (2009) Tackling Child Undernutrition in India: Governance Challenges Need More Attention. IDS Bulletin 40(4): 111-124

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IDS Bulletin Vol. 40 Nos. 4

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