Mapping child malnutrition levels across India's assembly constituencies

Malnutrition is responsible for three in every four child deaths in India. Food systems have overlooked needy children, mainly in the North Indian states of Uttar Pradesh, Bihar and Jharkhand.

As many social scientists have pointed out, India is in a perennial state of electioneering. Every year, some corner of the country queues up for some kind of polling. But amid the shrill of campaigning is lost a scary fact: Malnutrition is responsible for three in every four child deaths in India.

Malnutrition is the biggest threat to children under five years in India. But it is hardly an electoral issue. India Today Data Intelligence Unit (DIU) analyses Harvard University's latest project, where for the first time, anyone can monitor the extent of child malnutrition in their assembly constituency.