Children are the future of any country.

Undernourished women tend to deliver low birth weight babies (Karmer, 1987) and to have pregnancy complications (Baird, 1947). Perinatal mortality and prematurity rates were found to be high among short statured women (Barros, 1987).

THERE is enough evidence to show that often, development policies adopted by governments have widened the disparities amongst sections of people.

In India tribals are neglected a lot, discriminated in terms of income distribution and social status.