Our national strategies and programmes will be guided by evidence based agenda setting. Through steady dissemination of evidence and knowledge sharing, we hope to generate will and accountability across decision makers, percolating through the layers of governance. There is an urgent need for reliable data from the sub national level and here the civil society must play a critical role. The coalition, with its strong backing of its members, research and academia, is in a strong position to gather evidences. We will work with NITI Aayog, Ministry of Women and Child Development, Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, Ministry of Tribal Affairs andother relevant ministries, State Departments to sensitise focus on policies targeting nutrition. The levels of aid and domestic financing of food and nutrition interventions are not adequate to resource this political ambition. Inadequate government funding for public programs is one of the major challenges in fighting malnutrition in the country. The Coalition’s purpose is to engage in budget advocacy for food and nutrition and provide policy inputs to the policy makers to allocate more money into food and nutrition programs. We will work with the government and other stakeholders to promote and facilitate strong convergences across ministries,civil society, CSR, academia, and research institutes and locally across district departments, ration shops, schools, panchayats and enforcement agencies.