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India loses 4% of GDP to mal-nutrition; ASSOCHAM-EY Paper to FM Jaitley in run up to Budget

India loses 4% of GDP to mal-nutrition; ASSOCHAM-EY Paper to FM Jaitley in run up to Budget

Jan 22, 2018, at 12:23 am

New Delhi, Jan 21 (IBNS): As Finance Minister Mr Arun Jaitley is busy giving final touches to the Union Budget for 2018-19, an ASSOCHAM-EY joint paper has said that nearly 4 per cent of India’s GDP is estimated to have been lost due to mal-nutrition and certainly women and children deserve a better deal in expenditure outlay, since the country hosts 50 per cent of under-nourished children of the world and women and girl children fall last in the household food serving.