Listeners tend to pay more attention to what health officials say on community radio stations. Experts get space to drive home key messages. This form of radio is more open for the stakeholders.
Pushing subsidised cereals like fortified rice through an elaborate public distribution system (PDS) ensures that a vast majority of Indians consume far more starch than they should, setting aside pulses, legumes, vegetables, nuts and animal-based diets like milk.
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