Lok Sabha Question No. 117 (STARRED), answered on 2017-12-22
Subject: Nutritional Deficiency Among Women and Children
Ministry: WOMEN AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT
Asked by: RAM PRASAD SARMAH

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF WOMEN & CHILD DEVELOPMENT

## LOK SABHA STARRED QUESTION NO. 117

TO BE ANSWERED ON 22.12.2017

## NUTRITIONAL DEFICIENCY AMONG WOMEN AND CHILDREN

## 117. SHRI RAM PRASAD SARMAH:

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

- (a) Whether a large number of women and children are affected by nutritional deficiency in the North-Eastern region of the country and if so, the details thereof along with the action taken by the Government to address the issue;
- (b) whether the Government has launched special schemes for development of women and children in North-Eastern Region and if so, the details thereof;
- (c) whether the Government has received financial help from United Nations or UNESCO for the purpose during the last three years and if so, the details thereof;
- (d) the  details  of  funds  released  to  the  State  of  Assam  for  development  of  women  and children under various schemes during the last three years; and
- (e) whether the Government has formulated/set up any system for monitoring the execution of these schemes to address the nutritional deficiency in the region and if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF WOMEN AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT (SHRIMATI MANEKA SANJAY GANDHI)

- (a) to (e):  A Statement is laid on the Table of the House.

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## Statement referred to in reply to Part (a) to (e) of Lok Sabha Starred Question No. 117 for 22.12.2017 by Shri Ram Prasad Sarmah regarding Nutritional Deficiency Among Women and Children

- (a) &  (b)    As  per  the  report  of  National  Family  Health  Survey  (NFHS)  -  4,  2015-16, conducted by the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, 35.7% children under 5 years of age are underweight, 38.4% are stunted and 58.4% are anemic. Among women (15-49 years), 22.9% have chronic energy deficiency and 53% are anaemic. The State-wise data on prevalence of nutritional deficiencies among women and children including the NorthEastern region of the country are at Annexure-I.

The  Ministry  is  implementing  several  schemes  and  programs  like  Anganwadi Services, Scheme for Adolescent Girls and Pradhan Mantri Matru Vandana Yojana under the Umbrella Integrated Child Development Services Scheme  as direct targeted interventions to address the problem of malnutrition in the country. Recently, National Nutrition Mission has been set up to act as an apex body for monitoring and guiding the nutrition related issues of various government schemes.All these schemes address one or other aspects related to nutrition and have the potential to improve nutritional outcomes in the country including the North-Eastern Region of the country.

For eight North-Eastern States (Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Manipur, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Nagaland, Tripura and Sikkim), funds are released as per the cost sharing ratio between the Centre and the State of 90:10 for all the above-mentioned schemes of the Ministry as against 60:40 for other States/UTs.

- (c) No Madam.  However, technical assistance is provided by UNICEF as per their Country Programme Action Plan.
- (d) The funds released for the State of Assam for development of women and children under various schemes of the Ministry during the last three years is as under:
- (e) Besides  the  in-built  five-tier  monitoring  system,  the  newly  set  up  National  Nutrition Mission  has  ICT-based  real-time  monitoring  system  through  Common  Application Software (CAS). The software also provides a template for its integration with Mother and  Child  Tracking  System/Reproductive  Child  Health  portal  for  facilitating  autopopulation of information across the software of MWCD and MoHFW. To digitize and computerize  the  data  generated  at  the  AWCs,  Tablets  and  Smart  Phones  and  other  IT related equipment are provided to Lady Supervisers and Anganwadi worker.

| Scheme                                                                       | 2014-15 (Rupees in Lakh)   |   2015-16 (Rupees in Lakh) | 2016-17 (Rupees in Lakh)   |
|------------------------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------|----------------------------|----------------------------|
| Anganwadi Services (under Umbrella ICDS) - Supplementary Nutrition Component | 671190.92                  |                  804873    | 680065.05                  |
| Scheme for Adolescent Girls                                                  | 1042.63                    |                     817.44 | 1356.94                    |
| Pradhan Mantri Matru Vandana Yojana                                          | 1,744.74                   |                     872.38 | -                          |

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Annexure-I Prevalence of Nutritional Deficiencies among Children and Women as per National Family Health Survey - 4 (2015-16)

|      |                   | Children under 5 years   | Children under 5 years   | Children under 5 years   | Women (15-49 years)       | Women (15-49 years)   |
|------|-------------------|--------------------------|--------------------------|--------------------------|---------------------------|-----------------------|
| S.No | State             | Underweight              | Stunting                 | Anaemia                  | Chronic Energy Deficiency | Anaemia               |
| 1    | A&NIslands        | 21.6                     | 23.3                     | 49                       | 13.1                      | 65.7                  |
| 2    | Andhra Pradesh    | 31.9                     | 31.4                     | 58.6                     | 17.6                      | 60                    |
| 3    | Arunachal Pradesh | 19.5                     | 29.4                     | 50.7                     | 8.5                       | 40.3                  |
| 4    | Assam             | 29.8                     | 36.4                     | 35.7                     | 25.7                      | 46                    |
| 5    | Bihar             | 43.9                     | 48.3                     | 63.5                     | 30.4                      | 60.3                  |
| 6    | Chandigarh        | 24.5                     | 28.7                     | 73.1                     | 13.3                      | 75.9                  |
| 7    | Chhattisgarh      | 37.7                     | 37.6                     | 41.6                     | 26.7                      | 47                    |
| 8    | D&N Haveli        | 38.9                     | 41.7                     | 84.6                     | 28.5                      | 79.5                  |
| 9    | Daman &Diu        | 26.7                     | 23.4                     | 73.8                     | 12.9                      | 58.9                  |
| 10   | Delhi             | 27                       | 32.3                     | 62.6                     | 12.8                      | 52.5                  |
| 11   | Goa               | 23.8                     | 20.1                     | 48.3                     | 14.7                      | 31.3                  |
| 12   | Gujarat           | 39.3                     | 38.5                     | 62.6                     | 27.2                      | 54.9                  |
| 13   | Haryana           | 29.4                     | 34                       | 71.7                     | 15.8                      | 62.7                  |
| 14   | Himachal Pradesh  | 21.2                     | 26.3                     | 53.7                     | 16.2                      | 53.4                  |
| 15   | J&K               | 16.6                     | 27.4                     | 43.3                     | 12.1                      | 40.3                  |
| 16   | Jharkhand         | 47.8                     | 45.3                     | 69.9                     | 31.5                      | 65.2                  |
| 17   | Karnataka         | 35.2                     | 36.2                     | 60.9                     | 20.7                      | 44.8                  |
| 18   | Kerala            | 16.1                     | 19.7                     | 35.6                     | 9.7                       | 34.2                  |
| 19   | Lakshdweep        | 23.4                     | 27                       | 51.9                     | 12.5                      | 45.7                  |
| 20   | Madhya Pradesh    | 42.8                     | 42                       | 68.9                     | 28.3                      | 52.5                  |
| 21   | Maharashtra       | 36                       | 34.4                     | 53.8                     | 23.5                      | 48                    |
| 22   | Manipur           | 13.8                     | 28.9                     | 23.9                     | 8.8                       | 26.4                  |
| 23   | Meghalaya         | 29                       | 43.8                     | 48                       | 12.1                      | 56.2                  |
| 24   | Mizoram           | 11.9                     | 28                       | 17.7                     | 8.3                       | 22.5                  |
| 25   | Nagaland          | 16.8                     | 28.6                     | 21.6                     | 12.2                      | 23.9                  |
| 26   | Orissa            | 34.4                     | 34.1                     | 44.6                     | 26.4                      | 51                    |
| 27   | Puducherry        | 22                       | 23.7                     | 44.9                     | 11.3                      | 52.4                  |
| 28   | Punjab            | 21.6                     | 25.7                     | 56.6                     | 11.7                      | 53.5                  |
| 29   | Rajasthan         | 36.7                     | 39.1                     | 60.3                     | 27                        | 46.8                  |
| 30   | Sikkim            | 14.2                     | 29.6                     | 55.1                     | 6.4                       | 34.9                  |
| 31   | Tamil Nadu        | 23.8                     | 27.1                     | 50.7                     | 14.6                      | 55.1                  |
| 32   | Telangana         | 28.5                     | 28.1                     | 60.7                     | 23.1                      | 56.7                  |
| 33   | Tripura           | 24.1                     | 24.3                     | 48.3                     | 18.9                      | 54.5                  |
| 34   | Uttar Pradesh     | 39.5                     | 46.3                     | 63.2                     | 25.3                      | 52.4                  |
| 35   | Uttarakhand       | 26.6                     | 33.5                     | 59.8                     | 18.4                      | 45.2                  |
| 36   | West Bengal       | 31.5                     | 32.5                     | 54.2                     | 21.3                      | 62.5                  |
|      | India             | 35.7                     | 38.4                     | 58.4                     | 22.9                      | 53                    |