The average Indian suffers from nutrition deficiency. Right policy interventions can help them – and boost economic growth too

Archana Mishra | March 16, 2017 | New Delhi

“Raising of nutritional standards has to be an important aspect of development in India, but improvement in these standards cannot be gauged solely with reference to any particular item or items within the food group. With extension of irrigation over large parts of the country, increasing use of fertilisers and better seeds, and the use of power for certain agricultural operations, a new pattern of intensive agriculture which provides a more complete and balanced diet may be expected to evolve.” — First five-year plan, 1951 

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