Joining the country in observing the National Nutrition Month, the Akshaya Patra Foundation has started an outreach campaign on the critical cause of addressing hunger and malnutrition. As a part of this campaign, conscientious citizens are being encouraged to sign pledge cards committing to Âno wastage of food and support under-served people by feeding them.

The signed pledge-cards will be sent to the Prime MinisterÂs Office to express the collective commitment and appeal to the Prime Minister to take up the topic, Âensuring access to nutrition for all in the upcoming ÂMann ki Baat.Â

The objective of the campaign is to spread awareness and create tangible action by involving thousands of people and critical stakeholders in the public and private sectors, in our movement against hunger and malnutrition (hidden hunger) on the occasion of National Nutrition Month. The campaign has found support from varied sections of society, ranging from private and Government schools, teachers, corporates, bureaucracy, and political leaders. As of now, over 15,000 signed pledge cards have been sent to the office of the Prime Minister. We are reaching out to more supporters for this campaign.

As of now, the Chief Ministers of Himachal Pradesh, Jai Ram Thakur;  Uttarakhand, Trivendra Singh Rawat;  Vasudev Devnani and  Arvind Pandey, the Education Ministers of Rajasthan and Uttarakhand respectively; Padma Shree awardee, Chef Sanjeev Kapoor; Mr. Mohit Anand  Managing Director, KelloggÂs India & South Asia; and several other prominent personalities have extended support to the campaign by taking the pledge.