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India ranks 101st in the Global Hunger Index 2021, with over 33 lakh malnourished children and significant challenges in nutrition security exacerbated by the pandemic. Sanitation issues persist, with 700 million lacking access to toilets, leading to health risks and impacting school attendance, especially for girls. Illiteracy remains a critical problem due to financial constraints, high dropout rates, and inadequate infrastructure in schools.

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India ranks 101st in the Global Hunger Index 2021, with over 33 lakh malnourished children and significant challenges in nutrition security exacerbated by the pandemic. Sanitation issues persist, with 700 million lacking access to toilets, leading to health risks and impacting school attendance, especially for girls. Illiteracy remains a critical problem due to financial constraints, high dropout rates, and inadequate infrastructure in schools.

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India has slipped to the 101st position in the

Global Hunger Index (GHI) 2021 of 116


countries, from its 2020 position of 94th and
is behind its neighbours Pakistan,
Bangladesh and Nepal . Over 33 lakh
children in India are malnourished and more
than half of them fall in the severely
malnourished category with Maharashtra,
Bihar and Gujarat. More than a third of the
children under five face stunting and
wasting and 40% aged between one and
four are anaemic . Services like ICDS
(Integrated Child Development Scheme) and
midday meals in schools have become
irregular during the prolonged closure of
schools due to pandemic . National Family
Health Survey (NFHS)-5: Every third child
still suffers from chronic undernourishment,
and every fifth child is acutely malnourished
Unless challenges related to adequacy in
budgetary allocations to secure nutrition security
of children and bottlenecks in utilisation are
addressed, India will be unable to mitigate the loss
caused due to the pandemic.The partial closure of
Anganwadi Centres (AWCs) during pandemic along
with disruptions in supply chains due to
subsequent lockdowns has resulted in halting of
mid-day meals scheme, reduced access to take-
home ration (a nutritional measure to supplement
some portion of a child’s calorie needs) and
restricted mobility to health care services.Steps
taken by the government:
1)Mid-day Meal (MDM)
2) schemePOSHAN Abhiyaan
3)Integrated Child Development Services (ICDS)
4)National Food Security Act (NFSA),
4)2013National Nutrition Strategy (NNS)
5)Pradhan Mantri Matru Vandana Yojana (PMMVY)
One Nation One Ration CardNational Iron Plus
Initiative for Anemia Control
SANITATION
Sanitation is yet another problem, but one of
the biggest, in India. There are about 700
million people who have no access to toilets at
home. Slum areas do not have toilets. People
are thus forced to defecate in the open, which
causes numerous diseases like diarrhea,
cholera, dehydration etc. Many rural schools
also have no toilets, because of which parents
do not send their kids, especially girls, to
school. Due attention was drawn towards this
problem by Gandhiji but nothing much was
done. A growing population is the biggest
challenge causing these problems. For example,
the sewage system in Delhi was designed to
meet the needs of a population of three million
people. But Delhi now has more than 14 million
of population.
This is not just the case of Delhi; every state
and region in India is the same.Though 12
million toilets claim to have been built under
Swachh Bharat Abhiyan in the last five years,
as per a UN report, 44% of the population
continues to defecate in the open. Sanitation,
solid waste management, and drainage
continue to pose challenges in India.However,
according to Swachh Bharat Mission website a
total of 100 Million toilets were built in India,
and all the States, Union Territories, Gram
Panchayats, and Districts declared
themselves Open Defecation Free .
Illiteracy
Neglect of Indian Languages: In many cases, standard
education is not accessible in native Indian languages. New
Education Policy emphasis on the mother tongue as the
medium of instruction will instil confidence in students from
poor, rural and tribal backgrounds.Financial Constraint: As
per the right to education act children are provided free
education till the age of 14, post that they are out of the
coverage of Right to Education (RTE).Higher dropout rates: It
is all due to several factors such as poverty, lack of toilets,
long distance to school, child marriages, patriarchal mindset,
and cultural factors.Quality of teachers: Lack of trained and
skilled teachers is another problem mostly faced by our
elementary education system.Lack of Infrastructure: Major
challenges faced by public schools is the lack of drinking
water facilities, electricity, toilets, and poor hygiene,
etc.Digital Literacy: Having poor or no access to digital
devices, especially computer learning is a challenge to
improve digital literacy in rural student table table-bordered.
table class table table-bordered. Child Abuse: Child
Abuse is defined as “injury, sexual abuse, sexual
exploitation, negligent treatment or maltreatment of a
child”. Cases of child abuse are reported from
everywhere -in cities and rural homes, in the homes
of the rich and the poor, and in the streets and
schools.Articles 14, 15, 15(3), 19(1) (a), 21, 21(A),
23, 24, 39(e) 39(f) of the Constitution of India
contain provisions for the protection, safety, security
and well-being of all its people, including children.

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