“Deficiency of micronutrients and commensurate disorders such as anaemia affect large segments of India?s population. Though they can affect all age groups, but young children and women of reproductive age tend to be among those, most at risk of developing micronutrient deficiencies. More than half of all women in the age group of 15-49 years, approximately a quarter of all men in the same age group and seven out of every ten children between 6-59 months of age are anaemic in India 1. Further in India, the micronutrient intake for most micronutrients is less than the recommended dietary allowances across age groups; in most cases the gap varies between 50%-70%
