Lok Sabha Question No. 3181 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2019-12-06
Subject: National Nutrition Mission
Ministry: WOMEN AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT
Asked by: Vijay Kumar

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF WOMEN AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 3181

TO BE ANSWERED ON 06.12.2019

## NATIONAL NUTRITION MISSION

## 3181.  SHRI VIJAY KUMAR:

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

- (a) the salient features of the National Nutrition Mission launched to attain malnutrition free India for children;
- (b) whether the extent of success of programmes being run under this mission has been evaluated, if so, the outcome thereof;
- (c) whether the Government proposes to prepare a programme laying special focus on the fact that extremely malnourished children belong to the poor and deprived section of society; and
- (d) the allocation made to achieve the targets of the mission during the current financial year, State-wise?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF WOMEN AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT (SHRIMATI SMRITI ZUBIN IRANI)

- (a) Government is implementing the POSHAN Abhiyaan since 18 th December, 2017 to address the problem of malnutrition in the country. The salient features of the Abhiyaan  inter-alia  include  ensuring  convergence  with  various  programmes; incentivizing  States/  Union  Territories  for  achieving  targeted  goals;  Information and Communication Technology enabled Integrated Child Development Services-Common Application Software; Evaluation by NITI Aayog; Setting up of National Nutrition Resource  Centre (NNRC) at National level and State Nutrition Resource Centre (SNRC) in each State/Union Territory; Community Mobilization & Behaviour Change & Communication, Awareness Advocacy  and Information Education  Communication;  Jan  Andolan  by  educating  people  on  nutritional aspects;  Innovation;  Strengthening  human  resource;    measuring  height  and weight  of  children  below  6  years  of  age  for  early  detection  of  stunting  and wasting;  strengthening of Training & Capacity Building etc.
- (b) The results of the POSHAN Abhiyaan can be known after the programme has completed its approved period.  However, in the meantime, as per the report of Comprehensive  National Nutrition  Survey  (CNNS)  conducted  by  UNICEF, prevalence of stunting, wasting and underweight among children is 34.7%, 17% and 33.4% respectively, which is an improvement and reduction from the levels reported in National Family Health Survey-4.
- (c) The main purpose of the POSHAN Abhiyaan is to improve the nutritional status of children and reduce the level of under-nutrition. For this purpose,  ICDS-CAS (ICDS-Common Application Software) enables growth monitoring of children with the help of auto plotting of growth chart on the mobile application. Children (0-5 years)  are  weighed  and  their  height  measured  at  the  Anganwadis  across  the country and their data are entered in the ICDS-CAS application. Thus, it enables monitoring of nutritional status of children across the country on monthly basis. SMS  alerts  are  sent  to  the  concerned  authorities  for  taking  remedial  action. Severely Acute Malnourished children with medical complications are referred to Nutrition Rehabilitation Centres by the health functionaries.
- (d)        State-wise  details  of  fund  released  under  POSHAN  Abhiyaan  during  2017-18, 2018-19 and the current year is at Annexure-I.

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## Annexure referred to reply to Part (d) of Lok Sabha Un-Starred Question No. 3181 for answer on 06.12.2019

## State-wise details of fund released under POSHAN Abhiyaan

Amount in Rs. Lakhs

| S. No.   | State/UT             | Released in FY 2017 - 18   | Released in FY 2018-19   | Released in FY 2019-20   |
|----------|----------------------|----------------------------|--------------------------|--------------------------|
| 1        | Andhra Pradesh       | 1284.63                    | 8604.68                  | 5582.52                  |
| 2        | Bihar                | 6724.06                    | 15001.67                 | 10000                    |
| 3        | Chhattisgarh         | 965.45                     | 9629.51                  | 0                        |
| 4        | Delhi                | 945.95                     | 2206.88                  | 0                        |
| 5        | Goa                  | 238.07                     | 197.78                   | 0                        |
| 6        | Gujarat              | 3036.66                    | 11228.04                 | 7531                     |
| 7        | Haryana              | 400.97                     | 5992.46                  | 0                        |
| 8        | Himachal Pradesh     | 1557.26                    | 4153.15                  | 2480                     |
| 9        | Jammu & Kashmir      | 388.59                     | 8343.52                  | 0                        |
| 10       | Jharkhand            | 1555.35                    | 5110.45                  | 0                        |
| 11       | Karnataka            | 3351.05                    | 9870.89                  | 0                        |
| 12       | Kerala               | 1273.37                    | 6491.91                  | 0                        |
| 13       | Madhya Pradesh       | 3441.49                    | 15894.17                 | 17883                    |
| 14       | Maharashtra          | 2572.31                    | 20989.28                 | 33061.47                 |
| 15       | Odisha               | 4600.46                    | 10571.65                 | 0                        |
| 16       | Puducherry           | 39.24                      | 393.7                    | 497                      |
| 17       | Punjab               | 819.51                     | 6090.33                  | 0                        |
| 18       | Rajasthan            | 2045.73                    | 9680.99                  | 0                        |
| 19       | Tamil Nadu           | 1340.51                    | 12210.93                 | 0                        |
| 20       | Telangana            | 1736.94                    | 8595.7                   | 7003                     |
| 21       | Uttar Pradesh        | 8440.6                     | 29582.87                 | 0                        |
| 22       | Uttarakhand          | 1866.25                    | 4301.57                  | 3696                     |
| 23       | West Bengal          | 5545.27                    | 19294.11                 | 0                        |
| 24       | Arunachal Pradesh    | 52.93                      | 2663.35                  | 0                        |
| 25       | Assam                | 2298.27                    | 15492.36                 | 14171                    |
| 26       | Manipur              | 340.46                     | 3865.37                  | 0                        |
| 27       | Meghalaya            | 462.98                     | 1713.27                  | 1706.8                   |
| 28       | Mizoram              | 119.38                     | 957.65                   | 902                      |
| 29       | Nagaland             | 163.74                     | 1251.97                  | 1445.17                  |
| 30       | Sikkim               | 98.59                      | 328.47                   | 544                      |
| 31       | Tripura              | 277.91                     | 3695.72                  | 0                        |
| 32       | Andaman & Nicobar    | 100.22                     | 416.89                   | 307.62                   |
| 33       | Chandigarh           | 158.88                     | 306.82                   | 526.97                   |
| 34       | Dadra & Nagar Haveli | 108.83                     | 129.32                   | 431.16                   |
| 35       | Daman & Diu          | 42.06                      | 197.66                   | 446.98                   |
| 36       | Laddakh              | -                          | -                        | -                        |
| 37       | Lakshadweep          | 60                         | 138.9                    | 126.75                   |
| TOTAL    |                      | 58453.97                   | 255593.98                | 108342.44                |