Nearly half of Indian children under five are malnourished, a proportion that is higher than that of most countries in sub-Saharan Africa. And, more than a third of the world’s malnourished children under five live in India.

Arvind Panagariya, professor of Economics at Columbia University and former chief economist at the Asian Development Bank, has been arguing that though malnutrition, both child and adult, is a problem in India, these figures are highly exaggerated......Read More