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`IRON DEFICIENCY COSTS INDIA Rs37,500 CRORE' (loss accounts for about 1.25% of the gross domestic product of the country).

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| July 31, 2004 | COPYRIGHT 2003 Financial Times Ltd. (Hide copyright information)Copyright

(From India Business Insight)

India is suffering a loss of Rs37,500 crore every year from economic loss due to lower productivity resulting from iron deficiency in the population.

This loss accounts for about 1.25 percent of the gross domestic product (GDP) of the country. Experts have suggested that the Ministry of Health and Food Processing, Government of India, must evolve indicative standards for the fortification …

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