What are the key determinants of malnutrition among under-five children in the country? Also, elaborate on the role of nutrition-specific and nutrition-sensitive interventions in addressing this issue.

Malnutrition is the silent epidemic in India with more than 100 per lakh under five mortality linked to malnutrition.

Malnutrition

Key determinants:

Role of nutrition-specific and nutrition-sensitive interventions:

Intervention | Role

POSHAN Abhiyaan | • Ensure holistic nutrition with focus on micronutrient

| • Promote community awareness about balanced diet

| • Promote nutrition gardens, kitchens & pathways for children

Provisioning of millets | • Meet micronutrient needs of kids

Fortified milk and food | • Targeted supply of nutrients to kids

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'Data' is now raw material of AI as huge data is needed to train machines after mimicking human intelligence.

Data governance | b) Protect privacy of individual data

| c) Manage huge flow of data

| d) Promote data localization

| e) Data security by protecting from cyber attacks

| f) Active steps for data protection and legal framework for data usage by big data firms

a) Huge amount of data created every minute (e) Google searches on chatgpt supported

b) Misuse by firms (e) Cambridge Analytica case

c) Protected & data leaks or cyber espionage of sensitive data

d) Monopolization by big firms such as Meta, Amazon

e) Data sovereignty concerns (e) Using data for civilian targeting

f) Threat to national security & law i order (e) Terrorist or being data for radicalization

g) Accountability & fixing of firms & govt.

Data new oil, it must not create five hazard.

Steps taken:

But new oil must create fire hazard.

Procedure for removal:

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