India, Feb. 4 -- By Milind Kokje, Chief Editor, NUFFOODS Spectrum

In her budget address to the nation, describing investment as the 'third engine' of the country's development and growth, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman has rightly commenced with 'investing in people'. Further, when speaking of investment in people, the FM focused on the issue of nutrition. Investing in people - in their health, education and opportunities - can give good returns for a long time and save several unnecessary expenses.

It is cliched to say that the problem of malnutrition is very serious in the country. Still, it requires repeated mention and discussion as the problem is not even near a permanent solution despite the implementation of several programm...