Lok Sabha Question No. 1307 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2019-06-28
Subject: Poshan Abhiyan
Ministry: WOMEN AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT
Asked by: P.P. Chaudhary

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF WOMEN AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1307 TO BE ANSWERED ON 28.06.2019

## POSHAN ABHIYAN

## 1307. SHRI P.P. CHAUDHARY:

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

- (a) the  details  of  funds  allocated  and  utilised  under  the  Poshan  Abhiyan  during  the  last  two  years, State/UT-wise;
- (b) the reasons given by some State Governments for not implementing the said campaign in their State along with the corrective steps proposed to be taken by the Union Government with regard to these States;
- (c) the details of the positive impact of the said campaign on Nutrition Mission; and
- (d) the  details  of  the  new  IT  techniques  being  used  for  the  publicity  and  implementation  of  the  said campaign along with the new proposals in this regard?

## ANSWER

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

- (a): The State/UT-wise details of funds allocated and utilised under the POSHAN Abhiyaan during the last two years is at Annexure.
- (b): All the States/UTs are implementing the POSHAN Abhiyaan except Odisha and West Bengal. These two States are yet to implement the POSHAN Abhiyaan. No specific reasons have been received from  these  two  States.  The  Ministry  is constantly following up  the issue  with  these  State Governments through letters, video conferences, etc.
- (c): The implementation of  POSHAN Abhiyaan has increased the awareness about the importance of nutrition among the masses through the Anganwadi Centres (AWCs). The outreach of the Abhiyaan has  also  increased  by  organizing  Rashtriya  POSHAN  Maah  during  September,  2018  in  which approximately  25  crore  people  had  participated  and  more  than  22  lakh  activities  were  conducted across India. Poshan Pakhwada on the lines of Poshan Maah was conducted across the country as part of Jan Andolan from 08 th  to 22 nd March, 2019. Total 82.75 lakh activities were conducted with a participation  of  approx  44.8  Crore  persons.  Community  Based  Events  (CBEs)  including  Village Health,  Sanitation  and  Nutrition  Day  (VHSND)  are  also  organized  regularly.  ICDS-Common Application Software (CAS) has been rolled out in 193 districts in 20 States/UTs wherein 3.46 lakh AWCs are entering data in the software.
- (d): Information,  Education  and  Communication  (IEC)  Activities  are  carried  out  by  the  States/UTs  and Central  Government  under  POSHAN  Abhiyaan.  An  amount  of ₹ 19  lakh  per  district  has  been allocated  to  the  States/UTs  for  IEC  Activities.  Social  Media  platforms  like  WhatsApp,  Twitter, Facebook,  YouTube,  etc  are  also  used  for  publicity  and  implementation  of  the  Abhiyaan  by  the States/UTs and Central Government.

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## Annexure

## Statement referred to Part (a) of Unstarred Question No. 1307raised by Shri P. P. Chaudhary. Status of fund released and utilization under POSHAN Abhiyaan in FY 2017-18 and FY 2018-19

( ₹ in lakhs)

| Sl. No.   | State/UT                | Central Share Release   | Central Share Release   | Central Share Release   | Utilization as on 31.03.2019   |
|-----------|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|--------------------------------|
| Sl. No.   | State/UT                | 2017 - 18               | 2018-19                 | Total                   | Utilization as on 31.03.2019   |
|           | 1 Andhra Pradesh        | 1284.63                 | 8604.68                 | 9889.31                 | 3011.16                        |
|           | 2 Arunachal Pradesh     | 52.93                   | 2663.35                 | 2716.28                 | 1709.66                        |
|           | 3 Assam                 | 2298.27                 | 15492.36                | 17790.63                | 785.58                         |
|           | 4 Bihar                 | 6724.06                 | 15001.67                | 21725.73                | 5380.00                        |
|           | 5 Chhattisgarh          | 965.45                  | 9629.51                 | 10594.96                | 1550.93                        |
|           | 6 Delhi                 | 945.95                  | 2206.88                 | 3152.83                 | 140.45                         |
|           | 7 Goa                   | 238.07                  | 197.78                  | 435.85                  | 0.00*                          |
|           | 8 Gujarat               | 3036.66                 | 11228.03                | 14264.69                | 2606.06                        |
|           | 9 Haryana               | 400.97                  | 5992.46                 | 6393.43                 | 310.11                         |
|           | 10 Himachal Pradesh     | 1557.26                 | 4153.15                 | 5710.41                 | 1288.28                        |
|           | 11 Jammu & Kashmir      | 388.59                  | 8343.52                 | 8732.11                 | 1417.25                        |
|           | 12 Jharkhand            | 1555.35                 | 5110.45                 | 6665.80                 | 305.19                         |
|           | 13 Karnataka            | 3351.05                 | 9870.89                 | 13221.94                | 0.00*                          |
|           | 14 Kerala               | 1273.37                 | 6491.91                 | 7765.28                 | 137.78                         |
|           | 15 Madhya Pradesh       | 3441.49                 | 15894.17                | 19335.66                | 5516.17                        |
|           | 16 Maharashtra          | 2572.31                 | 20989.28                | 23561.59                | 11379.26                       |
|           | 17 Manipur              | 340.46                  | 3865.37                 | 4205.83                 | 1233.24                        |
|           | 18 Meghalaya            | 462.98                  | 1713.27                 | 2176.25                 | 1512.60                        |
|           | 19 Mizoram              | 119.38                  | 957.65                  | 1077.03                 | 809.22                         |
|           | 20 Nagaland             | 163.74                  | 1251.97                 | 1415.71                 | 811.06                         |
|           | 21 Odisha               | 4600.46                 | 10571.65                | 15172.11                | 0.00**                         |
|           | 22 Puducherry           | 39.24                   | 393.70                  | 432.94                  | 104.33                         |
|           | 23 Punjab               | 819.51                  | 6090.33                 | 6909.84                 | 30.88                          |
|           | 24 Rajasthan            | 2045.73                 | 9680.99                 | 11726.72                | 3078.70                        |
|           | 25 Sikkim               | 98.59                   | 328.47                  | 427.06                  | 157.16                         |
|           | 26 Tamil Nadu           | 1340.51                 | 12210.93                | 13551.44                | 2692.37                        |
|           | 27 Telangana            | 1736.94                 | 8595.70                 | 10332.64                | 2897.82                        |
|           | 28 Tripura              | 277.91                  | 3695.72                 | 3973.63                 | 606.01                         |
|           | 29 Uttar Pradesh        | 8440.60                 | 29582.87                | 38023.47                | 5986.37                        |
|           | 30 Uttarakhand          | 1866.25                 | 4301.57                 | 6167.82                 | 1030.43                        |
|           | 31 West Bengal          | 5545.27                 | 19294.11                | 24839.38                | 0.00**                         |
|           | 32 Andaman & Nicobar    | 100.22                  | 416.89                  | 517.11                  | 109.27                         |
|           | 33 Chandigarh           | 158.88                  | 307.18                  | 466.06                  | 133.21                         |
|           | 34 Dadra & Nagar Haveli | 108.83                  | 238.15                  | 346.98                  | 123.98                         |
|           | 35 Daman & Diu          | 42.06                   | 197.66                  | 239.72                  | 65.68                          |
|           | 36 Lakshadweep          | 60.00                   | 198.90                  | 258.90                  | 72.15                          |
|           | TOTAL                   | 58453.97                | 255763.17               | 314217.14               | 56992.36                       |