<p>Criticised for his comments that young girls are figure conscious and therefore do not drink milk, Narendra Modi has announced a government scheme which he touted as the mechanism to fight malnutrition. <br /><br /></p>.<p>At a gathering of sarpanches on Tuesday, Modi, on election mode, announced the scheme --Balam Sukham— to provide Rs 2 lakh each to 1, 80,000 villages to combat malnutrition. <br /><br />Latest government figures suggest that about half of Gujarat’s five year olds are short of their age or stunted growth. <br /><br />Modi told an interview last month that Gujarat is a vegetarian state, where the middle class are more “beauty conscious than health conscious”. <br /></p>
<p>Criticised for his comments that young girls are figure conscious and therefore do not drink milk, Narendra Modi has announced a government scheme which he touted as the mechanism to fight malnutrition. <br /><br /></p>.<p>At a gathering of sarpanches on Tuesday, Modi, on election mode, announced the scheme --Balam Sukham— to provide Rs 2 lakh each to 1, 80,000 villages to combat malnutrition. <br /><br />Latest government figures suggest that about half of Gujarat’s five year olds are short of their age or stunted growth. <br /><br />Modi told an interview last month that Gujarat is a vegetarian state, where the middle class are more “beauty conscious than health conscious”. <br /></p>
