Lok Sabha Question No. 2759 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2017-03-17
Subject: Malnutrition among Women/Girls and Children
Ministry: WOMEN AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT
Asked by: SATISH CHANDRA DUBEY, BHARTRUHARI MAHTAB, NEELAM SONKER, RAJU ALIAS DEVAPPA ANNA SHETTI

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF WOMEN AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT

## LOK  SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2759 TO BE ANSWERED ON 17.03.2017

## MALNUTRITION AMONG WOMEN/GIRLS AND CHILDREN

## 2759:  SHRI SATISH CHANDRA DUBEY SHRI BHARTRUHARI MAHTAB SHRIMATI NEELAM SONKER

SHRI RAJU SHETTY

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

- (a) whether  the malnutrition among  women/girls  including  pregnant  and  lactating mothers and children has increased across the country in recent years and is highest in the world, if so, the details thereof indicating the outcome of surveys/reports made in this regard, State/UT-wise and the reasons therefor;
- (b) the number of deaths from malnutrition reported in the country during the said period, State/UT-wise  indicating  the  study,  if  any,  conducted  by  the  Government/NCPCR thereon;
- (c) whether  the  schemes  launched  by  the  Government  for  eradication  of  malnutrition have achieved the desired results during the said period and if so, the details thereof, scheme-wise and if not, the reasons therefor;
- (d) whether the Government has provided adequate funds under the schemes to combat malnutrition during the said period, if so, the details thereof, scheme and State/UTwise and if not, the reasons therefor;
- (e) whether  the  cases  of  irregularities/corruption  under  the  said  schemes  have  been reported during the said period and if so, the details thereof, State/UT-wise along with the action taken thereon; and
- (f) the other steps taken by the Government to make the country malnutrition free?

## ANSWER

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

- (a) As per 'The State of the World's Children 2016' Report published by United Nations International  Children  Emergency  Fund  (UNICEF),  India  ranks  10 th in terms  of underweight prevalence and 17 th in terms of stunting prevalence in the world.
- (b)        The  data  regarding  number  of  deaths  from  malnutrition  is  not  maintained  by  this Ministry. However, malnutrition is a multi-faceted problem and is not a direct cause of  death  but  contributes  to  mortality  and  morbidity  by  reducing  resistance  to

infections.  However,  as  per  the  information  received  from  NCPCR,  14  complaints relating to deaths of children due malnutrition have been received by NCPCR during the last three years and the current year. The State/UT-wise details are at Annexure-I .

- (c)      National Family Health Surveys conducted periodically assess the nutritional status of the  population  over  a  period  of  time  which  is  an  outcome  of  the  impact  of  all  the schemes of the Government intended to bring about improvement in the nutritional status.  The latest National Family Health Survey (NFHS-4), 2015-16 shows a decline in the prevalence of malnutrition in the country as compared to NFHS-3 data, which is an  outcome  of  the  various  schemes  implemented  by  the  Government  towards  this goal.
- (d)      Adequate  funds  have  been  provided  under  the  schemes  to  combat  malnutrition implemented  by  this  Ministry  ,i.e.,Integrated  Child  Development  Services  (ICDS) Scheme,  Scheme  for  Adolescent  Girls  and  Maternity  Benefit  Programme.  The State/UT-wise details of funds under the schemes is Annexure-II, III and IV .
- (e) During the last three years and the current year, a total of 25 cases of irregularities/corruption  have  been  reported  in  the  ICDS  scheme,  which  have  been forwarded to respective State/UT to take further necessary action. The State/UT-wise details  are  at Annexure-V .  No  cases  of  irregularities/corruption  have  been  reported under the Scheme for Adolescent Girls and Maternity Benefit Programme.
- (f)       In addition to the aforesaid nutrition-centric schemes, the Food and Nutrition Board of the  Ministry,  through  its  regional  field  units,  is  engaged  in  conducting  training programmes  in  nutrition,  advocacy  towards  generating  awareness  through  nutrition education programmes on the importance of healthy balanced diets through the use of locally available foods, and mass awareness campaigns.

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Statement Referred in  reply to Lok Sabha Un-Starred Q.No. 2759 for 17.03.2017 State/UT-wise details of complaints received in NCPCR concerning deaths of children due to malnutrition during the last three years and the current year.

| Year    | State/UT       |   Total No. of complaints relating to deaths of children due to malnutrition |
|---------|----------------|------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| 2013-14 | Uttar Pradesh  |                                                                            1 |
| 2013-14 | Madhya Pradesh |                                                                            1 |
| 2014-15 | Uttar Pradesh  |                                                                            1 |
| 2015-16 | Uttar Pradesh  |                                                                            2 |
| 2016-17 | Uttar Pradesh  |                                                                            1 |
| 2016-17 | Odisha         |                                                                            2 |
| 2016-17 | Madhya Pradesh |                                                                            4 |
| 2016-17 | Rajasthan      |                                                                            1 |
| 2016-17 | Maharashtra    |                                                                            1 |
|         | Total:         |                                                                           14 |

## Annexure-II

Statement Referred in  reply to Lok Sabha Un-Starred Q.No. 2759 for 17.03.2017 Funds released for Supplementary Nutrition (SNP) under ICDS Scheme during the last three years

Rupees in lakh

| S.No   | State/UTs         |   2013-14 Funds released |   2014-15 Funds released |   2015-16 Funds released |
|--------|-------------------|--------------------------|--------------------------|--------------------------|
| 1      | Andhra Pradesh    |                 40877.3  |                 31693.8  |                 36298.4  |
| 2      | Bihar             |                 51022.7  |                 53875.4  |                 69357.7  |
| 3      | Chhattisgarh      |                 15794.2  |                 11302.2  |                 32880    |
| 4      | Goa               |                   385.92 |                   515.46 |                   593.45 |
| 5      | Gujarat           |                 17414.7  |                 18445.9  |                 30058.9  |
| 6      | Haryana           |                  6732.32 |                  7424.01 |                  5545.06 |
| 7      | Himachal Pradesh  |                  3067.82 |                  2839.15 |                  3707.29 |
| 8      | Jammu &Kashmir    |                  5631.95 |                  5141.04 |                  4169.34 |
| 9      | Jharkhand         |                 18055.4  |                 20478.7  |                 15927.1  |
| 10     | Karnataka         |                 24820.3  |                 40184.1  |                 59330.3  |
| 11     | Kerala            |                  4511.22 |                  4917.75 |                  9411.98 |
| 12     | Madhya Pradesh    |                 42386.4  |                 48462.5  |                 57366.7  |
| 13     | Maharashtra       |                 43029.8  |                 37860.2  |                 37690.9  |
| 14     | Odisha            |                 29109    |                 38610.4  |                 37421.3  |
| 15     | Punjab            |                  6174.61 |                  5577.39 |                  3184.64 |
| 16     | Rajasthan         |                 24075    |                 23837.7  |                 22694.6  |
| 17     | Tamil Nadu        |                 22639    |                 26961.8  |                 27006.2  |
| 18     | Telangana         |                     0    |                 13088.8  |                 18293    |
| 19     | Uttar Pradesh     |                126054    |                152371    |                203927    |
| 20     | Uttarakhand       |                  1751.25 |                  6014.82 |                 21308    |
| 21     | West Bengal       |                 35245.1  |                 37687.5  |                 42524.6  |
| 22     | A &NIslands       |                   101.37 |                   147.23 |                   267.67 |
| 23     | Chandigarh        |                   265.39 |                   341.99 |                   535.56 |
| 24     | Dadra &NHaveli    |                    98.78 |                   123.48 |                    62.38 |
| 25     | Daman &Diu        |                   100.41 |                    67.34 |                    40.24 |
| 26     | Lakshadweep       |                    29.02 |                    46.96 |                    68.31 |
| 27     | Delhi             |                  6249.29 |                  4978.98 |                  6740.28 |
| 28     | Puducherry        |                   177.71 |                   182.37 |                   340.04 |
| 29     | Arunachal Pradesh |                  3492.73 |                  5032.15 |                  4194.48 |
| 30     | Assam             |                 34300.5  |                 45517.3  |                 33638    |
| 31     | Manipur           |                  4449.1  |                  3632.78 |                  1150.6  |
| 32     | Meghalaya         |                  8110.8  |                  9380.22 |                  7565.63 |
| 33     | Mizoram           |                  2481.65 |                  2437.62 |                  1551.5  |
| 34     | Nagaland          |                  3445.56 |                  5308.79 |                  1717.06 |
| 35     | Sikkim            |                   587.68 |                   734.59 |                   434.3  |
| 36     | Tripura           |                  4000.16 |                  5969.31 |                  7870.18 |
|        | Total             |                586669    |                671191    |                804873    |

## Annexure-III

Statement Referred in reply to  Lok Sabha Un-Starred Q.No. 2759 for 17.03.2017 Amount released/utilised under the Scheme for Adolescent Girls during last three years

(Rs. in lakh)

| S.No.   | States/UTs             | 2013-14         | 2014-15         | 2015-16         |
|---------|------------------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|         |                        | Released        | Released        | Released        |
| (1)     | (2)                    | (3)             | (4)             | (5)             |
| 2       | Arunachal Pradesh      | 116.83          | 120.94          | 78.41           |
| 3       | Assam                  | 2311.46         | 1042.63         | 817.44          |
| 4       | Bihar                  | 3289.87         | 6458.23 4232.15 | 875.28          |
| 5       | Chattisgarh            | 1076.83         |                 | 2072.23         |
| 6       | Goa                    | 130.56          | 236.44 2270.30  | 337.905 2234.25 |
| 7 8     | Gujarat Haryana        | 4707.30 269.66  | 792.09          | 812.47          |
| 9       | Himachal               |                 | 583.71          | 956.78          |
| 10      | Pradesh Jammu &Kashmir | 574.95 466.80   | 292.12          | 156.27          |
| 11      | Jharkhand              | 150.99          | 944.50          | 193.31          |
|         | Karnataka              |                 | 4345.49         |                 |
| 12 13   | Kerala                 | 3118.78 1511.57 | 802.45          | 3164.54 1201.84 |
| 14      | Madhya Pradesh         | 6554.02         | 7395.74         | 8746.45         |
| 15      | Maharashtra            | 2797.64         | 386.74          | 1531.25         |
| 16      | Manipur                | 53.20           | 21.15           | 95.82           |
| 17      | Meghalaya              | 383.58          | 296.92          | 232.04          |
| 18      | Mizoram                | 111.15          | 96.37           | 90.65           |
| 19      | Nagaland               | 240.73          | 185.31          | 188.39          |
|         | Odisha                 | 4003.62         | 3528.36         | 3477.67         |
| 20 21   | Punjab                 | 0.00            | 0.00            | 814.7           |
|         |                        |                 |                 | 3275.09         |
| 22 23   | Rajasthan Sikkim       | 5163.67         | 4301.48         | 48.2            |
| 24      | Tamil Nadu             | 30.90 3774.02   | 55.99 4322.41   | 4131.91         |
| 25      | Telangana              |                 | 1226.48         | 1242.82         |
| 26      | Tripura                |                 | 622.77          | 417.25          |
| 27      | Uttar Pradesh          | 599.60 13836.29 | 14642.59        | 8823.48         |
| 28      | Uttaranchal            | 0.00            | 243.19          | 14.12           |
| 29      | West Bengal            | 0.00            | 0.00            | 0               |
| 30      | A&N Islands            | 24.36           | 93.11           |                 |
|         |                        |                 |                 | 44.14           |
| 31      | Chandigarh Daman &Diu  | 5.70 0.00       | 7.78 0.00       | 14.01 0         |
| 32      | D&NH                   |                 | 0.00            | 16.44           |
| 33 34   | Delhi                  | 22.99 884.48    | 655.20          | 228.43          |
| 35      | Lakshdweep             | 3.52            | 0.00            | 12.03           |
| 36      | Puducherry             | 16.26           | 24.02           | 19.27           |
|         | Total                  | 57536.41        | 61032.12        | 47040.57        |

## Annexure-IV

Statement Referred in  reply to Lok Sabha Un-Starred Q.No. 2759 for 17.03.2017 State/UT-wise  details  of  funds  released  under  Maternity  Benefits  Programme  during

## the last three years

|   S. No. | Name of the States/UTs    | 2013-14 (Rupees in Lakh)   | 2014-15 (Rupees in Lakh)   |   2015-16 (Rupees in Lakh) |
|----------|---------------------------|----------------------------|----------------------------|----------------------------|
|      1   | Andhra Pradesh            | 1814.47                    | 3,004.65                   |                    1502.32 |
|      2   | Arunachal Pradesh         | 0.00                       | 41.49                      |                      20.74 |
|      3   | Assam                     | 149.78                     | 1,744.74                   |                     872.38 |
|      4   | Bihar                     | 1758.10                    | 4,862.81                   |                    2431.4  |
|      5   | Chhattisgarh              | 1456.53                    | 859.86                     |                     429.94 |
|      6   | Goa                       | 300.95                     | 164.30                     |                      82.16 |
|      7   | Gujarat                   | 1007.80                    | 1,504.88                   |                    1090.9  |
|      8   | Haryana                   | 343.65                     | -                          |                     171.82 |
|      9   | Himachal Pradesh          | 124.30                     | 295.19                     |                     537.11 |
|     10   | Jammu &Kashmir            | 665.24                     | 522.38                     |                     261.2  |
|     11   | Jharkhand                 | 34.64                      | -                          |                      17.32 |
|     12   | Karnataka                 | 1452.81                    | -                          |                     894.95 |
|     13   | Kerala                    | 1390.69                    | 934.59                     |                     515.6  |
|     14   | Madhya Pradesh            | 2128.07                    | 3,627.44                   |                    2358.21 |
|     15   | Maharashtra               | 3160.24                    | 2,838.51                   |                    1419.26 |
|     16   | Manipur                   | 0.00                       | -                          |                       0    |
|     17   | Meghalaya                 | 53.93                      | -                          |                      26.96 |
|     18   | Mizoram                   | 0.00                       | 19.39                      |                       9.7  |
|     19   | Nagaland                  | 60.64                      | 56.90                      |                      28.46 |
|     20   | Odisha                    | 2038.85                    | 1,796.57                   |                    1606.61 |
|     21   | Punjab                    | 66.20                      | -                          |                      33.1  |
|     22   | Rajasthan                 | 935.01                     | 3,640.40                   |                    1820.2  |
|     23   | Sikkim                    | 7.87                       | 24.12                      |                      12.06 |
|     24   | Tamil Nadu                | 3032.19                    | 2,241.40                   |                    1837.75 |
|     25   | Telangana                 | -                          | 1,877.78                   |                     938.9  |
|     26   | Tripura                   | 161.76                     | 209.70                     |                     479.83 |
|     27   | Uttar Pradesh             | 95.29                      | -                          |                      47.64 |
|     28   | Uttarakhand               | 322.64                     | 570.58                     |                    1182.74 |
|     29   | West Bengal               | 394.82                     | 3,016.90                   |                    1508.46 |
|     30   | Delhi                     | 58.65                      | 371.42                     |                     929.7  |
|     31   | Andaman & Nicobar Islands | 122.32                     | 44.35                      |                      72.67 |
|     32   | Puducherry                | 32.75                      | 24.58                      |                      29.5  |
|     33   | Chandigarh                | 20.23                      | -                          |                     162.37 |
|     34   | Daman &Diu                | 4.13                       | 18.70                      |                       9.34 |
|     35   | Dadra &Nagar Haveli       | 11.29                      | -                          |                       5.62 |
|     36   | Lakshadweep               | 0.00                       | -                          |                       0    |
|  23205.8 | 23205.84                  | 23205.84                   | 34,313.63                  |                   23346.9  |

2015-16

## Statement Referred in  reply to Lok Sabha Un-Starred Q.No. 2759 for 17.03.2017

| Year-wise details of cases of irregularities/corruption received from States/UTs   | Year-wise details of cases of irregularities/corruption received from States/UTs   | Year-wise details of cases of irregularities/corruption received from States/UTs   | Year-wise details of cases of irregularities/corruption received from States/UTs   | Year-wise details of cases of irregularities/corruption received from States/UTs   |
|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| State/UTs                                                                          | 2013                                                                               | 2014                                                                               | 2015                                                                               | 2016                                                                               |
| Bihar                                                                              |                                                                                    |                                                                                    |                                                                                    | 1                                                                                  |
| Chhattisgarh                                                                       |                                                                                    |                                                                                    |                                                                                    | 1                                                                                  |
| Gujarat                                                                            |                                                                                    | 1                                                                                  |                                                                                    |                                                                                    |
| Haryana                                                                            |                                                                                    | 1                                                                                  |                                                                                    |                                                                                    |
| Jharkhand                                                                          |                                                                                    | 1                                                                                  |                                                                                    |                                                                                    |
| Madhya Pradesh                                                                     |                                                                                    |                                                                                    |                                                                                    | 5                                                                                  |
| Maharashtra                                                                        | 1                                                                                  | 1                                                                                  | 2                                                                                  |                                                                                    |
| Odisha                                                                             |                                                                                    |                                                                                    |                                                                                    | 1                                                                                  |
| Uttar Pradesh                                                                      |                                                                                    |                                                                                    |                                                                                    | 4                                                                                  |
| Uttarakhand                                                                        |                                                                                    |                                                                                    |                                                                                    | 2                                                                                  |
| Chandigarh                                                                         |                                                                                    |                                                                                    |                                                                                    | 1                                                                                  |
| Assam                                                                              |                                                                                    |                                                                                    |                                                                                    | 2                                                                                  |
| Meghalaya                                                                          |                                                                                    |                                                                                    |                                                                                    | 1                                                                                  |
| TOTAL                                                                              | 1                                                                                  | 4                                                                                  | 2                                                                                  | 18                                                                                 |