Question : MALNUTRITION AMONG TRIBAL CHILDREN

(a)whether the Government is aware of the rising level of malnutrition among tribal children in the country including Rajasthan;

(b)if so, the details thereof, state/UT wise;

(c) the reasons for such high level of malnutrition among tribal children even after several years of implementation of tribal sub-plans (TSP);

(d) the guidelines of budgetary allocation under TSP at the Central and States;

(e) the details of allocations, utilization of TSP funds since 2009-10 along with the reasons for under-spending in various TSP included programmes; and

(f) whether any deviation of TSP funds has been reported so far and if so, the details of measures undertaken so far to check such deviation of funds?

MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF TRIBAL AFFAIRS (SHRI MANSUKHBHAI DHANJIBHAI VASAVA)

(a) to (c): The trend of malnutrition among tribal children is not maintained at central level. However, as per the National Family Health Survey 2005-06, the scores for indicators of malnutrition among Schedule Tribe children under the age of 5 are as under:

 Scheduled Tribe	Under-five malnutrition (%) Stunting	54 Wasting	28 Underweight	55