Improving Nutritional Outcomes: Connecting the Dots through Grounded Action (Public Policy in India)

This book engages with the critical issue of nutrition and its relationship with the full spectrum of human development challenges in India.It examines concerns around both undernutrition and overnutrition through a range of case studies, documenting key interventions and strategies implemented by governments, NGOs, and other stakeholders. The book broadly discusses macroeconomic and social issues affecting India’s progress in addressing nutrition challenges, linking them to mesoand micro-level factors-from food and health systems to grassroots realities.It explores not only policy imperatives but, more importantly, the processes and mechanisms necessary to achieve them.Special attention is given to the role of women and women’s collectives, the importance of comprehensive, decentralized, and community-based approaches to improving nutrition among the most vulnerable, and the critical life phases that require targeted interventions.The volume also presents large-scale, state-led, and s