Rishav Pandey, Gopal Prasad Subhankar, Sujit R. Jagdale, Anand Pandey, Badri Narayanan and Revati Kanvinde
India, the 7th largest country draws the limelight for its pluralistic, multilingual and multi-ethnic society. Ironically it also claimed its position for bringing forth a very immense number of malnourished children. Malnutrition is a condition where the body is deprived of minimum daily nourishment. India is ranked second in having malnourished children. There is a myth that the Indian children are well nourished than the children in Africa, but the latest statistics by the WHO and UNICEF proves it untrue. The average rate of malnourishment in Sub- Saharan Africa is 30 whereas in India it is 37 percent. In spite of the many programs hosted by the government, 47percent of the children under the age of 3years are malnourished and 32babies among 1000bornalive will not make it even to their first birthday. Based on a field survey and primary research in Bhadohi district, UP state, India, this study suggests that, some of the reasons behind this issue are gender inequality, poor education and population explosion.