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The Planning Commission has strong reservations about offering "packaged fortified food" to poor children instead of hot cooked meals.

The Planning Commission has strong reservations about the Union ministry of women and child development's plan to tackle malnutrition by offering "packaged fortified food" to poor children instead of hot cooked meals. Montek Singh Ahluwalia, deputy chairman of the commission, spoke to Outlook. Excerpts:
Hot cooked nutritious food vs packaged food. What is the Planning Commission's stand?
Does the Commission have a view on how to tackle malnutrition?
The women and child development minister, Renuka Chowdhury, maintains it is difficult to monitor the quality of hot cooked food...
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