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He also pointed out that children with stunted growth not only have short height for age but also they do not have developed brain like other healthy children have. He cited the example of the Mukhya Mantri Jal Swavalamban Yojana, in which different departments have come together to ensure availability of water. But, enough has not changed.” He said that Integrated Child Development Services (ICDS) and health department involve in blame game when impact is not happening. It is not that nothing has changed. Jaipur: Having 39% of total under-5 children population who are stunted (height-for-age), the state has a difficult task in hand to ensure that skilled productive workforce capital will not be affected when these children grow up into adults.Arjan De Wagt – Chief of Nutrition, Unicef India Country Office, while talking about why nutrition is important to achieve sustainable development goals said, “Stunted children are denied the opportunity to grow up to be skilled productive workforce capital that Rajasthan will need in the future.” He further added, “Investing in child nutrition now is an investment in the growth and social and economic development of Rajasthan in the future.”Wagt clearly indicated that stunted growth of children directly impact skilled productive workforce capital in the future..