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Assessing Infants' Right to Food in India: Policies, Implementation, and Challenges

This paper evaluates India's efforts in promoting infants' right to food, focusing on policy frameworks and initiatives such as maternity benefits, breastfeeding advocacy, and the role of the infant food industry. It discusses areas of progress, conflicts of interest, and programs like the Janani Suraksha Yojana and creche facilities.

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Assessing Infants' Right to Food in India: Policies, Implementation, and Challenges

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  1. Infants' right to food Assessing where countries stand Name Dr. Shoba Suri Country India

  2. Inappropriate Promotion of Baby FoodsDisplay of Baby foods & Promotional Materials in Hospital & Chemist Shop

  3. Infant foods sale at http://www.hushbabies.com

  4. Getting Friendly with Health Care Providers

  5. WBTi assessment • Approach paper of 12th five year plan GOI-due emphasis to BREASTFEEDING • GOI has expressed a need for having a Policy and Coordinated mechanism for IYCF • GOI considering to allocate budget for training and IYCF • Successful advocacy by the civil society- resulted in increased maternity benefit to women in unorganized sector

  6. Conflict of Interest • The International Association of Infant Food Manufacturers represents industry in the Int. Codex process • Industry is member of official delegations to Codex Committee meetings

  7. Programme Implementation

  8. Maternity Benefits • Maternity Benefit Act in 1961-3 months leave & 2 feeding breaks • The National Maternity Benefit Scheme (NMBS) in 2001 • Janani Suraksha Yojana in 2005- GOI launched (JSY) under the National Rural Health Mission • Recommendations of the sixth pay commission in 2008 - generous allowance of 180 days of Maternity Leave on full pay & also provide Child Care Leave for max. period of 2 years • Dr.Muthulakshmi Maternity Assistance Scheme (DMMAS) in 1987 - Tamilnadu - later enhanced in 2006 • Indira Gandhi Matritva Sahyog Yojana (IGMSY)” -Conditional Maternity Benefit (CMB) in 2010

  9. Creche facility • SEWA Creche – Gujarat • Mobile Creche – Delhi/UP/Haryana – for children of construction workers at construction sites • Rajiv Gandhi National Creche Scheme – GOI Initaitive-for children of Working Mothers

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