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Abstract: . . . Expenditure on the Nutrition head of account ranks number three, after education, followed by medical & public health (except for the year 1993-94 when water supply & sanitation overtook nutrition ). Water supply & sanitation has been a close fourth. -- HistoryOfNutri . . . . . . not through dry rations or precooked items like biscuits, but serving a hot rice meals cooked on the spot for all. The sheer logistics by themselves can be mind boggling. Yet, these schemes have grown and stabilized over the last 20 years. Debate and discussion on such massive direct action by the State can benefit the programs and shape future policy. VII. Who are Covered? Page 7 7 The 1982 NMP started by covering until then considered hard to reach those below 5 years. Operationally, this is the hardest . . . . . . been clearly above 3% up to 1995-96, with a decline in the last three years. Expenditure on the Nutrition head of account ranks number three, after education, followed by medical & public health (except for the year 1993-94 when water supply & sanitation overtook nutrition ). Water supply & sanitation has been a close fourth. -- HistoryOfNutri . . . . . . 5% Bengal gramflour 12% Jaggery 30% Vitamin Premix 1% Total 100 Protein 9 to 10% Calorie 360 k Cost per Kg. : Rs.15.10 Transport Charges Rs.1.00 per kg. The overall financial implications under the TINP and WB-ICDS schemes from 1980 to 2004 may be seen in table 5. Table 5 Cumulative Expenditure Funding Under World Bank Assistance (Reimbursible) Project office Period Coverage Total Allotment Total Expenditure TINP I 1980-81 . . . . . . & OBC, relief for natural calamities, Nutrition , and other. Under Social Services, by and large, Nutrition ranks third, the first being Education, followed by Medical & Public Health. Page 15 15 (2) Finance Department, Government of Tamil Nadu It can be seen that over the past 9 years the states budgetary commitment to nutrition has increased significantly in absolute terms. From Rs. 27,231 lakhs in 1992-93, it has increased to as much as Rs. xxxx lakhs in 2002-03. Relative to all social service expenditure . . . --3000,5,300,2904,33528
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