After a decade of galloping economic growth, child malnutrition rates are worse ...”

“About 60% children in Madhya Pradesh state are malnourished" India has some of the highest rates of child malnutrition and mortality in under-fives in the world and Madhya Pradesh state has the highest levels in India. There are around 10 million children in the state. A decade ago 55% were malnourished. Two years ago the government's own National Family Health Survey put the figure for Madhya Pradesh at around 60%.” By the way, your author notes that the work of the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEFf) enables leaders of India’s capitalist system to to save money on feeding its children, and focus more on building and buying submarines.