GS2 · 15 marks · 250 words
Explain the significance of the recently launched National Nutritional Strategy in the light of sliding ranking of India along the Global Hunger Index. Also, discuss with examples, the role that local self governments can play in promoting, monitoring and sustaining nutrition initiatives.
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Syllabus: Government policies and interventions for development in various sectors and issues arising out of their design and implementation.
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