Lok Sabha Question No. 1307 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2017-12-22
Subject: Overhaul of Supplementary Nutrition Programme
Ministry: WOMEN AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT
Asked by: GAURAV GOGOI, JYOTIRADITYA MADHAVRAO SCINDIA

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF WOMEN AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION No. 1307

TO BE ANSWERED ON 22.12.2017

## OVERHAUL OF SUPPLEMENTARY NUTRITION PROGRAMME

1307.  SHRI GAURAV GOGOI: SHRI JYOTIRADITYA M. SCINDIA:

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

- (a) whether  the  Government  has  decided  to  overhaul  its  Supplementary  Nutrition Programme wherein States have been directed to provide nutrient packages directly to beneficiaries instead of providing food through anganwadis;
- (b) if so, the details thereof along with the benefits likely to be achieved therefrom;
- (c) whether  the  Government  has  since  identified  the  districts  in  the  country  which  are having highest rates of malnutrition;
- (d) if so, the details thereof;
- (e) the details of delivery pattern of such nutrient packages directly to the beneficiaries; and
- (f) the  present  status  of  the  proposal  along  with  the  time  by  which  it  is  likely  to  be implemented?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF  WOMEN AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT (DR. VIRENDRA KUMAR)

- (a) & (b)  No Madam.
- (c) & (d) Yes  Madam.  A  list  of  201  districts  having  high  burden  of  malnutrition  is annexed.
- (e) & (f) Not applicable in view of reply to part (a & b) above.

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| ANNEXURE          | ANNEXURE          | ANNEXURE   | ANNEXURE          | ANNEXURE       | ANNEXURE           | ANNEXURE       | ANNEXURE       |
|-------------------|-------------------|------------|-------------------|----------------|--------------------|----------------|----------------|
| Sr. No            | District          | Sr. No     | District          | Sr. No         | District           | Sr. No         | District       |
| Andhra Pradesh    | Andhra Pradesh    | 27         | Nawada            | 53             | Narmada            | 79             | Koppal         |
| 1                 | Kurnool           | 28         | Aurangabad        | 54             | Surendranagar      | 80             | Yadgir         |
| Arunachal Pradesh | Arunachal Pradesh | 29         | Supaul            | 55             | Kheda              | 81             | Gulbarga       |
| 2                 | East Kameng       | 30         | Muzaffarpur       | 56             | Dohad              | 82             | Bellary        |
| Assam             | Assam             | 31         | PurbaChamparan    | 57             | Vadodara           | 83             | Bagalkot       |
| 3                 | Dhubri            | 32         | Kishanganj        | 58             | Valsad             | 84             | Davanagere     |
| 4                 | Darrang           | 33         | Bhagalpur         | Haryana        | Haryana            | 85             | Bijapur        |
| 5                 | Goalpara          | 34         | Munger            | 59             | Mewat              | 86             | Haveri         |
| 6                 | Karimganj         | 35         | Sheikhpura        | 60             | Panipat            | 87             | Bidar          |
| 7                 | Barpeta           | 36         | Saran             | Jammu &Kashmir | Jammu &Kashmir     | Madhya Pradesh | Madhya Pradesh |
| Bihar             | Bihar             | 37         | Jamui             | 61             | Udhampur           | 88             | Sheopur        |
| 8                 | Sitamarhi         | 38         | Begusarai         | Jharkhand      | Jharkhand          | 89             | Barwani        |
| 9                 | Nalanda           | 39         | Saharsa           | 62             | PashchimiSinghbhum | 90             | Burhanpur      |
| 10                | Kaimur (Bhabua)   | 40         | Buxar             | 63             | Godda              | 91             | Tikamgarh      |
| 11                | Vaishali          | 41         | PashchimChamparan | 64             | Pakur              | 92             | Datia          |
| 12                | Sheohar           | 42         | Bhojpur           | 65             | Sahibganj          | 93             | Sidhi          |
| 13                | Gaya              | 43         | Patna             | 66             | Chatra             | 94             | Alirajpur      |

| 14               | Purnia           |                  |                        | 67               | Hazaribagh         | 95               | Shivpuri              |
|------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------------|------------------|--------------------|------------------|-----------------------|
| 15               | Jehanabad        |                  |                        | 68               | Giridih            | 96               | Khargone (West Nimar) |
| 16               | Madhubani        | Chhattisgarh     | Chhattisgarh           | 69               | Gumla              | 97               | Shajapur              |
| 17               | Madhepura        | 44               | Narayanpur             | 70               | Garhwa             | 98               | Morena                |
| 18               | Lakhisarai       | 45               | Rajnandgaon            | 71               | Palamu             | 99               | Bhind                 |
| 19               | Arwal            | 46               | Bijapur                | 72               | SaraikelaKharsawan | 100              | Bhopal                |
| 20               | Khagaria         | 47               | DakshinBastarDantewada | 73               | Deoghar            | 101              | Ratlam                |
| 21               | Banka            | 48               | Mahasamund             | 74               | Latehar            | 102              | Dindori               |
| 22               | Katihar          | Gujarat          | Gujarat                | 75               | Jamtara            | 103              | Raisen                |
| 23               | Samastipur       | 49               | Sabarkantha            | 76               | Dumka              | 104              | Jhabua                |
| 24               | Darbhanga        | 50               | Bhavnagar              | 77               | Kodarma            | 105              | Katni                 |
| 25               | Rohtas           | 51               | Anand                  | 78               | Lohardaga          | 106              | Khandwa (East Nimar)  |
| 26               | Araria           | 52               | The Dangs              | Karnataka        | Karnataka          | 107              | Guna                  |
| ANNEXURE (contd) | ANNEXURE (contd) | ANNEXURE (contd) | ANNEXURE (contd)       | ANNEXURE (contd) | ANNEXURE (contd)   | ANNEXURE (contd) | ANNEXURE (contd)      |
| Sr. No           | District         | Sr. No           | District               | Sr. No           | District           | Sr. No           | District              |
| 108              | Damoh            | 134              | Baudh                  | 161              | SantRavidas Nagar  | 191              | Firozabad             |
| 109              | Gwalior          | Rajasthan        | Rajasthan              | 162              | Etah               | 192              | Allahabad             |
| 110              | Chhattarpur      | 135              | Dhaulpur               | 163              | Chitrakoot         | 193              | Kanpur Nagar          |
| 111              | Dhar             | 136              | Banswara               | 164              | Hardoi             | 194              | Auraiya               |
| 112              | Ashoknagar       | 137              | Bharatpur              | 165              | SantKabir Nagar    | 195              | Chandauli             |
| 113              | Panna            | 138              | Udaipur                | 166              | Kannauj            | 196              | Bulandshahr           |
| 114              | Dewas            | 139              | Dungarpur              | 167              | Kaushambi          | 197              | Ambedkar Nagar        |
| Maharashtra      | Maharashtra      | 140              | Pratapgarh             | 168              | Faizabad           | 198              | Bijnor                |
| 115              | Nandurbar        | 141              | Karauli                | 169              | Shahjahanpur       | 199              | Gorakhpur             |
| 116              | Yavatmal         | 142              | Jalor                  | 170              | Farrukhabad        | West Bengal      | West Bengal           |
| 117              | Parbhani         | 143              | Pali                   | 171              | Mirzapur           | 200              | Puruliya              |
| 118              | Jalna            | 144              | Sirohi                 | 172              | Aligarh            | 201              | Murshidabad           |
| 119              | Buldana          | 145              | Alwar                  | 173              | Basti              |                  |                       |
| 120              | Nashik           | Sikkim           | Sikkim                 | 174              | Jaunpur            |                  |                       |

| 121       | Osmanabad        | 146           | West Sikkim     |   175 | Banda              |          |
|-----------|------------------|---------------|-----------------|-------|--------------------|----------|
| Meghalaya | Meghalaya        | Uttar Pradesh | Uttar Pradesh   |   176 | Unnao              |          |
| 122       |                  | 147           | Bahraich        |   177 | Mainpuri           | RiBhoi   |
|           | West Khasi Hills | 148           | Shrawasti       |   178 | Rampur             | 123      |
| 124       | Jaintia Hills    | 149           | Balrampur       |   179 | Sonbhadra          |          |
| 125       | East Khasi Hills | 150           | Siddharthnagar  |   180 | Kanpur Dehat       |          |
|           |                  | 151           | Gonda           |   181 | Sultanpur          | Nagaland |
| 126       | Kiphire          | 152           | Sitapur         |   182 | Jalaun             |          |
| Odisha    | Odisha           | 153           | Budaun          |   183 | Bareilly           |          |
|           | Subarnapur       | 154           | Kheri           |   184 | Moradabad          | 127      |
|           | Nabarangapur     | 155           | Maharajganj     |   185 | Kushinagar         | 128      |
| 129       | Malkangiri       | 156           | Etawah          |   186 | Varanasi           |          |
| 130       | Kendujhar        | 157           | Fatehpur        |   187 | JyotibaPhule Nagar |          |
| 131       | Balangir         | 158           | Kanshiram Nagar |   188 | Agra               |          |
| 132       |                  | 159           | Pilibhit        |   189 | Mahoba             | Rayagada |
| 133       | Mayurbhanj       | 160           | Bara Banki      |   190 | Mahamaya Nagar     |          |