Pune, Feb. 22 -- Chairing the 27th meeting of the Western Zonal Council in Maharashtra's Pune, Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Saturday urged member states to take issues of malnutrition and stunting in children very seriously and implement all possible measures to address them.

Acknowledging that the states in the Western Zone are among the most prosperous in the country, Shah expressed concern over the prevalence of malnutrition and stunting among children and citizens in these states.

He urged the chief Ministers, ministers, and chief secretaries of the Western Zone to prioritize eliminating malnutrition to improve overall health, and emphasized that good health is not solely dependent on medicines and hospitals; rather, efforts sho...