Nutrition Public Expenditure Review: Evidence from Gujarat

• Start date अग., 2018
• Completion date दिसम्बर, 2020
• Sponsor BMGF under Innovation in Public Finance project
• Project leader Amandeep Kaur and Lekha Chakraborty
• Consultants/Other authors Ruzel Shrestha, Komal Jain, Anindita Ghosh and Jannet Farida Jacob
• Focus

  Against the backdrop of the National Nutrition Mission, this paper undertakes a nutrition public expenditure review in the State of Gujarat. The anthropometric data analysis shows that malnutrition is still a silent emergency in the state, though there has been an improvement over the years. The fiscal space for nutrition in a multi-sectoral framework was analysed and only an insignificant portion of state budget was found to be allotted to nutrition-related spending. The public expenditure incidence analysis of the Integrated Child Development Services (ICDS) showed that there are access differentials in the units utilized patterns, and fiscal marksmanship analysis shows that there is huge deviation between what is allotted and what is spent. The outcome parameters show the differential with other states as well as inter-district differentials within Gujarat that persist in the anthropometric indicators relate to undernutrition. This calls for strengthening the nutrition-public expenditure review in the state as part of the public financial management.