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UPSC 2005: Under which one of the Ministries of the Government of India does the Food and Nutrition Board work?
(a)Ministry of Agriculture
(b)Ministry of Health and Family Welfare
(c)Ministry of Human Resource Development
(d)Ministry of Rural Development
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Until it was upgraded to a separate ministry on 30 January 2006, the Department of Women & Child Development—and its attached Food and Nutrition Board—functioned under the Ministry of Human Resource Development; therefore, in 2005 the Board worked under the Ministry of HRD (option c). ([en.wikipedia.org](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ministry_of_Women_and_Child_Development))
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This question was asked in UPSC CSE Prelims 2005, GS Paper 1, as Question 131. It falls under Current Affairs > Indian Government Schemes & Initiatives.
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