"Salt—one of the cheapest commodities going and used universally—is being used as a vehicle to deliver key micronutrients, reports the Feb. 3 LiveMint.com Indian outlet of the Wall Street Journal. Noting that "Just a pinch can deliver a big punch," the article quotes Micronutrient Initiatve's Luc Laviolette on the cost effectiveness of salt iodization:

"Laviolette points out, at an additional cost of just 20 cents (Rs10) per person per year, you could potentially eliminate anaemia from India— 79.2% of infants aged 6-35 months are anaemic in India, as are 50% of women, rich and poor alike. The fact that iodine deficiency has been eliminated from large parts of the world, also riding on salt, augurs well for this initiative, being implemented in other parts of India using DFS technology developed by the National Institution of Nutrition, Hyderabad."