village, 96 of the 102 children were malnourished. In Patai village, even essential medicines were not found at the health centre.

"We together have to see all the aspects where the lacunae is because neither are our policies bad nor the money allocated less," said Pilot.

The MPs' team had taken a look at the functioning of the mid-day meal and anganwadi schemes, vaccinations and supply of medicines and also interacted with the villagers and local officials to find out the reason for malnourishment despite huge government funds sanctioned.

"Capacity building, resource allocation and growth of existing networks to tackle malnutrition among children appear to be the need of the hour. Awareness should be created among women and support should also be solicited from non-government organisations and self-help groups having better reach in rural India," Panda opined.

"So stark is the situation that one evaluation report has said that even if the children were saved, they may go blind due to lack of vitamin A," claims Sachin Kumar Jain, an activist fighting alleged negligence in government departments.

"In the last two years, malnutrition - an indicator of human underdevelopment - has been on the rise in Madhya Pradesh. According to data collected a few months ago by the state government's own Bal Sanjeevani Abhiyan scheme, 80,000 children are suffering from severe malnutrition and are on the verge of death," he asserted.

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