Lok Sabha Question No. 2261 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2020-09-23
Subject: Poshan Abhiyaan
Ministry: WOMEN AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT
Asked by: Jayant Sinha

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF WOMEN AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.2261

TO BE ANSWERED ON 23.09.2020

## POSHAN ABHIYAAN

## 2261.   SHRI JAYANT SINHA

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

- (a)       the current levels of malnutrition, stunting, wasting, anemia among children between 6-59 months and anemia among women and adolescent girls in the age 15-49 years across the country, specially the targets set to overcome the same in Jharkhand, district-wise; and
- (b)       the  nature  of  convergence  across  different  schemes  run  by  the  Government  with  the Poshan Abhiyaan?

## ANSWER

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

(a) The status of malnutrition, stunting, wasting, anemia among children between 6-59 months and anemia among women and adolescent girls in the age 15-49 years in the country amongst children  and  adolescent  girls  is  covered  under  the  National  Family  Health  Survey  (NFHS) conducted  periodically  by  the  Ministry  of  Health  &  Family  Welfare.   The  details  of  status  of national level and State of Jharkhand are as under:

| Indicators                                                   | NFHS-4 2015-16 (National level)   | NFHS-4 2015-16 (Jharkhand)   |
|--------------------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------|------------------------------|
| Wasting                                                      | 21%                               | 29%                          |
| Stunting                                                     | 38.4%                             | 45.3%                        |
| Under-weight                                                 | 35.8%                             | 47.8%                        |
| Anaemia in Children under 5 years                            | 58.6%                             | 68.9%                        |
| Anaemia in women and adolescent girls in the age 15-49 years | 53.1%                             | 65.2%                        |

District-wise status of Malnutrition and Anaemia of State of Jharkhand is at Annexure . Target  of  POSHAN  Abhiyaan   is   to  reduce  the  level  of  stunting,  under-weight  and  low  birth weight  among  children  @  2%  per  annum  and  reduce  the  level   of  anemia  among  children, Adolescent girls and women @ 3% per annum.

(b)       POSHAN  Abhiyaan  envisages  convergence  of  various  schemes  and  programmes  for addressing  malnutrition.  The  Anganwadi  Services,  Pradhan  Mantri  Matru  Vandana  Yojana, Scheme  for  Adolescent  Girls  schemes  of  Ministry  of  Women  &  Child  Development;  Janani Suraksha Yojana (JSY), National Health Mission (NHM) of Ministry of Health & Family Welfare; Swachh Bharat Mission of Ministry of Jal Shakti; Public Distribution System (PDS) of Ministry of Consumer  Affairs,  Food  &  Public  Distribution;  Mahatma  Gandhi  National  Rural  Employment Guarantee  Scheme  (MGNREGS)  of  Ministry  of  Rural  Development  (MoRD);  are  some  such schematic  interventions.    Convergent  approach  of  service  delivery  in  partnership  with  other partner Ministries i.e.  Ministry of Panchayati Raj; Ministry of Tribal Affairs, NITI Aayog, Ministry of  Education,  Ministry  of   Electronics  and  Information  Technology,  Ministry  of  Environment, Forest & Climate Change, Ministry of New and Renewable Energy, Ministry of AYUSH, Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare etc is also  mandated under  POSHAN  Abhiyaan. Convergence at State, district  and  block levels  is  ensured  under  the  Abhiyaan,  through  State level Convergence meeting on Quarterly basis with line departments of State chaired by Chief Secretary; District level Convergence  meeting  with  line departments  chaired  by District Magistrate;  and  Block  level  Convergence  meeting  with  line  departments  chaired  by  SubDivisional Magistrate.

Statement  referred  in  reply  to  part  (a)  of  Lok  Sabha  Unstarred  Question  No.2261  for 23.09.2020

## Annexure

| District-wise status of Malnutrition and Anaemia of Jharkhand (Source: NFHS 4)   | District-wise status of Malnutrition and Anaemia of Jharkhand (Source: NFHS 4)   | District-wise status of Malnutrition and Anaemia of Jharkhand (Source: NFHS 4)   | District-wise status of Malnutrition and Anaemia of Jharkhand (Source: NFHS 4)   | District-wise status of Malnutrition and Anaemia of Jharkhand (Source: NFHS 4)   | District-wise status of Malnutrition and Anaemia of Jharkhand (Source: NFHS 4)   |
|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| Districts                                                                        | Children under 5 years who are underweight (weight-for age)                      | Children under 5 years who are stunted (height-for age)                          | Children under 5 years who are wasted (weight-for- height)                       | All women age 15-49 years who are anaemic                                        | Children age 6 to 59 months who are anaemic (<11.0g/DL %)                        |
| Bokaro                                                                           | 61.3                                                                             | 45.9                                                                             | 43.8                                                                             | 78.1                                                                             | 74.0                                                                             |
| Chatra                                                                           | 52.3                                                                             | 50.9                                                                             | 30.7                                                                             | 56.7                                                                             | 60.6                                                                             |
| Deoghar                                                                          | 46.3                                                                             | 45.7                                                                             | 23.4                                                                             | 57.4                                                                             | 64.6                                                                             |
| Dhanbad                                                                          | 45.0                                                                             | 41.0                                                                             | 31.2                                                                             | 70.6                                                                             | 69.9                                                                             |
| Dumka                                                                            | 54.3                                                                             | 44.6                                                                             | 42.1                                                                             | 65.6                                                                             | 74.9                                                                             |
| Garhwa                                                                           | 51.2                                                                             | 46.2                                                                             | 31.9                                                                             | 60.4                                                                             | 65.4                                                                             |
| Giridih                                                                          | 40.5                                                                             | 45.2                                                                             | 23.4                                                                             | 69.9                                                                             | 74.4                                                                             |
| Godda                                                                            | 47.1                                                                             | 55.1                                                                             | 25.6                                                                             | 71.8                                                                             | 80.7                                                                             |
| Gumla                                                                            | 48.6                                                                             | 46.5                                                                             | 32.0                                                                             | 70.4                                                                             | 73.8                                                                             |
| Hazaribagh                                                                       | 46.9                                                                             | 51.3                                                                             | 23.6                                                                             | 61.6                                                                             | 64.3                                                                             |
| Jamtara                                                                          | 49.9                                                                             | 43.6                                                                             | 29.9                                                                             | 65.7                                                                             | 73.7                                                                             |
| Khunti                                                                           | 54.9                                                                             | 40.8                                                                             | 43.8                                                                             | 64.8                                                                             | 64.8                                                                             |
| Kodarma                                                                          | 40.6                                                                             | 43.6                                                                             | 19.7                                                                             | 63.9                                                                             | 72.4                                                                             |
| Latehar                                                                          | 45.3                                                                             | 44.9                                                                             | 29.5                                                                             | 53.2                                                                             | 50.1                                                                             |
| Lohardaga                                                                        | 50.6                                                                             | 43.8                                                                             | 30.7                                                                             | 67.9                                                                             | 64.9                                                                             |
| Pakur                                                                            | 45.3                                                                             | 51.5                                                                             | 23.8                                                                             | 71.4                                                                             | 74.3                                                                             |
| Palamu                                                                           | 46.1                                                                             | 46.3                                                                             | 24.7                                                                             | 52.7                                                                             | 59.5                                                                             |
| Paschimi Singhbhum                                                               | 67.5                                                                             | 62.9                                                                             | 37.9                                                                             | 75.4                                                                             | 83.8                                                                             |
| Purbi Singhbhum                                                                  | 62.6                                                                             | 50.2                                                                             | 48.0                                                                             | 74.8                                                                             | 66.5                                                                             |
| Ramgarh                                                                          | 52.3                                                                             | 44.9                                                                             | 29.7                                                                             | 70.2                                                                             | 71.3                                                                             |
| Ranchi                                                                           | 51.7                                                                             | 51.9                                                                             | 28.6                                                                             | 73.8                                                                             | 64.8                                                                             |
| Sahibganj                                                                        | 48.7                                                                             | 49.5                                                                             | 25.0                                                                             | 62.2                                                                             | 70.4                                                                             |
| Saraikela Kharsawan                                                              | 56.0                                                                             | 47.1                                                                             | 24.2                                                                             | 83.4                                                                             | 81.9                                                                             |
| Simdega                                                                          | 49.6                                                                             | 40.0                                                                             | 37.7                                                                             | 78.9                                                                             | 80.0                                                                             |