<span style="color: #222222;">Union Minister for Women and Child Welfare Smriti Irani today said that only nine per cent of the children in the country are getting proper nutritious food, even rich and affluent families are not providing the children with nutritious food. She said this while answering questions raised by members during Question Hour today in the Lok Sabha.<br />''<br />''Government of India has initiated various programmes to create awareness on malnutrition and related challenges and create awareness on holistic nutrition through a people's movement known as Jan Andolan with a focus on Children.<br />''<br />''Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla also requested the members to work together to address the issue of malnutrition in their respective constituencies.</span><br />
News On AIR | November 22, 2019 1:54 PM
Only 9% Indian kids get proper nutritious food: Smriti Irani