An Ethnographic Study of the Mathru Poorna Yojana (One Full Meal) Pilot Project for Pregnant and Lactating Mothers in Two Blocks of Two Districts in Karnataka.

Abstract

Notwithstanding the impressive economic growth record in the recent past, India continues to have high rates of malnutrition, especially among women and children. Not only does India have a large number of malnourished women, it also has one of the highest proportions of malnourished women among the developing countries of the world (Mason et al, 2005; Jose and Navaneetham, 2008). Research studies (Dahiya and Viswanathan, 2014; Mason et. al, 2005) conducted over the last decade have clearly shown that more than 70 per cent of Indian women are anaemic.