Lok Sabha Question No. 139 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2018-02-02
Subject: National Nutrition Mission
Ministry: WOMEN AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT
Asked by: NINONG ERING, JYOTIRADITYA MADHAVRAO SCINDIA, SUNIL KUMAR SINGH, SANTOSH AHLAWAT

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF WOMEN AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 139 TO BE ANSWERED ON  02.02.2018

## NATIONAL NUTRITION MISSION

## 139. SHRI NINONG ERING: SHRI JYOTIRADITYA M. SCINDIA: ` SHRI SUNIL KUMAR SINGH: SHRIMATI SANTOSH AHLAWAT:

Will the Minister of WOMEN AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT be pleased to state:

- (a) whether  the  Union  Government  has  recently  approved  the  setting  up  of  the  National Nutrition Mission (NNM) to reduce the level of stunting, under-nutrition, anaemia and low  birth  weight  babies  in  the  country,  if  so,  the  details  thereof  indicating  its  salient features, impact on the society and coverage;
- (b) the budget allocation earmarked for the purpose and allocations made  to State Governments/UTs during the current financial year, State/UT-wise;
- (c) whether  any  targets  have  been  set  to  reduce  the  level  of  stunting,  under-nutrition, anaemia and low birth weight in babies by any specific period under the said Mission;
- (d) if so, the details in this regard; and
- (e) the mechanism put in place for the effective functioning of the Mission?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OFWOMEN AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT (Dr. VIRENDRA KUMAR)

- (a) The Government has recently approved the setting up of new National Nutrition Mission (NNM)  to  address  the  problem  of  malnutrition  in  the  country  at  a  total  cost  of  Rs. 9046.17 crore for a period of three years i.e. 2017-18 to 2019-20.  The salient features of the  Mission  are  ensuring  convergence  -  NNM  will  ensure  convergence  with  various programmes;  incentivizing  States/  UTs  for  achieving  goals;  IT  enabled  Real  Time Monitoring  (ICT-RTM);  Evaluation;  weighing  efficiency  and  making  nutrition  visible; Community mobilisation awareness advocacy; IEC, Jan Andolan - to educate the people on nutritional aspects, on-line Course on Nutrition for Children, Nutrition message from folk songs and songs on WASH, sending messages on nutrition and also creating ringtones, Yoga for children at AWCs; strengthening human resource; measuring height and length of children below 6 years of age; roll out of NNM - 315 districts in 2017-18, 235 districts  in  2018-19  and  remaining  districts  in  2019-20.    A  total  of  about  10  crore  are beneficiaries are covered under the Mission.

(b)The total budget of the scheme is Rs. 9046.17 crore for three years from 2017-18.  The source of funding is Government Source (50%) i.e. Rs. 4523.08 crore with cost sharing in the prescribed ratio with the States/UTs and IBRD or other MDB funds (50%) i.e. Rs.

4523.08 crore.  The net Government of India share is Rs. 2849.54 crore for three years. Implementation of the scheme is by the States/UTs and the allocation of funds is based on number of districts covered in the phased roll out of the scheme.

- (c) & (d)  The  Mission  aims  to  reduce  Stunting  in  children  (0-6  years)  @  2%  p.a.  reduce under -nutrition in children (0-6 years) @ 2% p.a. reduce anaemia among Children (6-59 months)  and  Women  and  Adolescent  Girls  @  3%  p.a.  and  reduce  Low  Birth  Weight (LBW) @ 2% p.a.
- (e) There  is  a  provision  for  setting  up  of  a  National  Council  on  India's  Nutritional Challenges under the Chairmanship of Vice-Chairman NITI Aayog . The Mission is to submit report to the Prime Minister every six months.

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## Annexure referred to Lok Sabha unstarred Question No. 139 for 02.02.2018

## State-wise/UT-wise funds released in 2017-18 under NNM:

| S.No.   | State/UT            | Total funds to be released in 2017-18 ( In lakhs )   |
|---------|---------------------|------------------------------------------------------|
| (1)     | (2)                 | (3)                                                  |
| 1       | A &NIslands         | 63.76                                                |
| 2       | Andhra Pradesh      | 1082.87                                              |
| 3       | Arunachal Pradesh   | 38.79                                                |
| 4       | Assam               | 1556.99                                              |
| 5       | Bihar               | 6724.06                                              |
| 6       | Chandigarh          | 92.76                                                |
| 7       | Chhattisgarh        | 863.05                                               |
| 8       | Dadra &Nagar Haveli | 68.03                                                |
| 9       | Daman &Diu (UT)     | 35.11                                                |
| 10      | Goa                 | 187.90                                               |
| 11      | Gujarat             | 2200.87                                              |
| 12      | Haryana             | 305.50                                               |
| 13      | Himachal Pradesh    | 818.22                                               |
| 14      | Jammu &Kashmir      | 215.76                                               |
| 15      | Jharkhand           | 1555.35                                              |
| 16      | Karnataka           | 2435.08                                              |
| 17      | Kerala              | 931.94                                               |
| 18      | Lakshadweep         | 43.43                                                |
| 19      | Madhya Pradesh      | 3102.85                                              |
| 20      | Maharashtra         | 2572.31                                              |
| 21      | Manipur             | 233.21                                               |
| 22      | Meghalaya           | 316.04                                               |
| 23      | Mizoram             | 83.72                                                |
| 24      | Nagaland            | 113.72                                               |
| 25      | NCT of Delhi        | 635.35                                               |
| 26      | Orissa              | 3330.49                                              |
| 27      | Puducherry          | 33.00                                                |
| 28      | Punjab              | 607.11                                               |
| 29      | Rajasthan           | 1862.53                                              |
| 30      | Sikkim              | 69.66                                                |
| 31      | Tamil Nadu          | 980.01                                               |
| 32      | Telangana           | 1268.56                                              |
| 33      | Tripura             | 187.95                                               |
| 34      | Uttar Pradesh       | 8440.60                                              |
| 35      | Uttarakhand         | 932.20                                               |
| 36      | West Bengal         | 4011.27                                              |
|         | Total               | 48000.05                                             |