The 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development calls for transforming our world and working towards the future we want.
This paper estimates the child development Index at state level for all the states using methodology given in NIPFP working paper 370 - “Estimating Child Development
Notwithstanding the impressive economic growth record in the recent past, India continues to have high rates of malnutrition, especially among women and children.
A crucial gap in the trafficking literature from India is the dearth of primary data and micro studies that could be used for vulnerability mapping of the source areas and addressing the identified risk factors.
This paper examines two interrelated questions; What is the extent of gender gap in adult malnutrition in India and whether such gender gap is specific to India alone? These questions analyzing the National Family Health Survey (2005-06) unit-level data.