Government needs to ensure that education, nutrition and health facilities reach scheduled castes and scheduled tribes, Niti Aayog CEO Amitabh Kant said today.

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He further said that very sharp inequality persists between SC/ST and other castes.

"Sanitation will also play a huge impact on improvement of nutrition," he said.

Kant was speaking at the launch of a report -- 'Young Lives Round 5 Longitudinal Findings'.

He emphasised that physical infrastructure is also necessary for providing education, nutrition and health facilities to SC/ST.

 

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