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Despite an extensive mid-day meal programme, a third of children in schools run by Indias richest municipal corporation in the countrys richest city, are malnourished, according to a new report that quotes the corporations own data, obtained through a right-to-information request.

Malnutrition has increased more than four times in Mumbai, from eight per cent in 2013-14 to 34 per cent in 2015-16, according to the report released on May 30, by Praja Foundation, a nonprofit, even as the city leaves a rising proportion of its mid-day meal budget unused.