A whopping 8.2 per cent of women in Odisha are facing physical and sexual violence, informed Women and Child Welfare Minister Prafulla Samal in the State Assembly in response to a question of BJP MlA Dilip Ray on Friday.
The Minister informed this quoting the National Family Health Survey III report.
While 65 per cent infants aged between 6-59 months are suffering from anaemia and 34.4 per cent infants in the same age group are underweight, 61.1 per cent of women are suffering from anaemia and 414 per cent undernourished.
Now, Infant Mortality Rate (IMR) in the State stands at 40 per one thousand births as per the NFHS-4 and Maternal Mortality Rate (MMR) is 222 per lakh as per the SRC, the Minister informed.The Minister said various measures have been taken to check the anaemia and undernourishment problems and to check IMR and MMR.