Lok Sabha Question No. 1000 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2019-11-22
Subject: Poshan Abhiyaan
Ministry: WOMEN AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT
Asked by: Lavu Sri Krishna Devarayalu

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF WOMEN AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1000 TO BE ANSWERED ON 22.11.2019

## POSHAN ABHIYAAN

## 1000.    SHRI LAVU SRI KRISHN DEVARAYALU

Will the Minister of WOMEN AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT bepleased to state:

- (a) the aims and objectives of Poshan Abhiyaan along with physical and other targets set under Poshan Abhiyaan, State wise;
- (b) the action plan that the Ministry has prepared to achieve the above targets and year by which Ministry is planning to achieve the same;
- (c) the anticipated expenditure involved to achieve the above targets and whether sufficient budget has been allocated  in this year's budget; and
- (d) if so, the reasons therefor?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF WOMENT AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT ( SRIMATI SMRITI ZUBIN IRANI )

- (a) The  goal of Poshan Abhiyaan is to achieve improvement in nutritional status of Children ( 0-6 years) and Pregnant Women and Lactating Mothers (PW&LM) in a time  bound  manner  in    next  three  years    period  beginning  2017-18  with  fixed targets as under:
- (b): For achieving the above targets, Poshan Abhiyaan is to ensure convergence of all nutrition related schemes of the Ministry of Women and Child Development on the  target  population.    This  includes  convergence  of  Anganwadi  Services, Pradhan Mantri Matru Vandana Yojana, Scheme for Adolescent Girls of Ministry of Women & Child Development; Janani Suraksha Yojana (JSY), National Health Mission (NHM) of Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, Swachh Bharat Mission of  Ministry  of  Jal  Shakti;  Public  Distribution  System  (PDS)  of  Ministry  of Consumer  Affairs,  Food  &  Public  Distribution  (CAF&PD);  Mahatma  Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MGNREGS) of Ministry of Rural Development (MoRD) and other programmatic interventions of Department  of Drinking  Water  and  Sanitation,    Ministry  of  Panchayati  Raj,  Ministry  of  Tribal Affairs  and    Ministry  of  Housing  and  Urban  Affairs.    Convergence  Action  Plan guidelines  in  this  regard  have  been  issued  to  all  the  States/UTs  and  line Ministries.
- (c)  &  (d):  The  approved  budget  of  Poshan  Abhiyaan  for  a  period  of  three  years  is Rs.  9046  crore.  A  sum  of  Rs.  3400  crore  has  been  allocated  for  Poshan Abhiyaan  for  the  year  2019-20,  which  is  adequate  to  meet  the  anticipated expenditure.

|   S.No | Objective                                                                                         | Target        |
|--------|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|---------------|
|      1 | Prevent and reduce Stunting in children (0- 6 years)                                              | By 6% @2%p.a. |
|      2 | Prevent and reduce under-nutrition (underweight prevalence) in children (0-6 years)               | By 6% @2%p.a. |
|      3 | Reduce the prevalence of anemia among young Children(6-59 months)                                 | By 9% @3%p.a. |
|      4 | Reduce the prevalence of anemia among Women and Adolescent Girls in the age group of 15-49 years. | By 9% @3%p.a. |
|      5 | Reduce Low Birth Weight (LBW).                                                                    | By 6% @2%p.a. |

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