India's Undernutrition and Human Capital

Addressing the Roots
1. Auflage 2026
ISBN: 978-0-367-64306-5
Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd

Buch, Englisch, 240 Seiten, Format (B × H): 156 mm x 234 mm, Gewicht: 453 g

This book explores the undernutrition situation in India and its repercussions on the country’s human capital, from a public policy practitioner’s approach. It critically examines government policy since Independence to present times and foregrounds the issues that have led to the persistence of poor nutritional and health status among a large section of India’s population. The volume traces the complex history of public nutrition and public policy in India, and presents a sound multi-sectoral, intergenerational strategy which addresses the root causes and has been successfully piloted, and can be scaled up across chronic undernutrition pockets of India.

A ground-up approach to policymaking and implementation, the book will be of great interest to scholars and researchers of public nutrition/ health, public administration and development studies. It will be of great professional use to policymakers, programmers and NGOs working in the public nutrition/health sector.

Zielgruppe

Postgraduate

Autoren/Hrsg.

Rao, Veena S

Fachgebiete

• Interdisziplinäres Wissenschaften Wissenschaften Interdisziplinär Regionalwissenschaften, Regionalstudien
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziale Gruppen/Soziale Themen Invalidität, Krankheit und Abhängigkeit: Soziale Aspekte
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziologie Allgemein
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Spezielle Soziologie Stadt- und Regionalsoziologie
• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Volkswirtschaftslehre Internationale Wirtschaft Entwicklungsökonomie & Emerging Markets
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Spezielle Soziologie Gesundheitssoziologie, Medizinsoziologie
• Medizin | Veterinärmedizin Medizin | Public Health | Pharmazie | Zahnmedizin Medizin, Gesundheitswesen Medizin, Gesundheit: Sachbuch, Ratgeber
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Regierungspolitik Sozialpolitik
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politische Systeme Verwaltungswissenschaft, Öffentliche Verwaltung
• Interdisziplinäres Wissenschaften Wissenschaften Interdisziplinär Entwicklungsstudien

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction

Chapter 1

The State of our Human Capital: Assessing the Indicators

Chapter 2

India’s Undernutrition and Dietary Deficit has deep roots

Chapter 3

Causes and Consequences of Undernutrition and Dietary Deficit

Chapter 4

The Economic Cost of Undernutrition and Dietary Deficit

Chapter 5

Independent India’s Response

Chapter 6

Poshan Abhiyaan

Chapter 7

A Strategy that Worked: Karnataka Comprehensive Nutrition Mission

Chapter 8

How do we improve India’s nutritional and health status within a generation?

Summing Up - A Roadmap for the Future

Über Autor(innen)

Veena S Rao, Director of AuroCentre for Public Nutrition, Public Health and Public Policy (Bangalore) is a retired IAS officer and former Secretary to Government of India. Her research focuses on public nutrition, health, and policy, with significant publications on multisectoral nutrition interventions (2022-2025).