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Lok Sabha Question No. 3047 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2019-12-06
Subject: Homoeopathic College
Ministry: AYURVEDA,YOGA & NATUROPATHY,UNANI,SIDDHA AND HOMEOPATHY (AYUSH)
Asked by: Alok Kumar Suman

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF AYURVEDA, YOGA & NATUROPATHY, UNANI, SIDDHA AND HOMOEOPATHY (AYUSH)

LOK  SABHA UNSTARRED  QUESTION NO. 3047 TO BE ANSWERED ON 6 TH DECEMBER, 2019

## HOMOEOPATHIC COLLEGE

## 3047. DR. ALOK KUMAR SUMAN:

Will  the  Minister of AYURVEDA,  YOGA  AND  NATUROPATHY,  UNANI, SIDDHA AND HOMOEOPATHY (AYUSH) be pleased to state:

- (a) whether any study has been conducted regarding number of homoeopathic colleges requi in the country to meet the demand/necessity, if s o, the details thereof;
- (b) whether the Government proposes to consider establishing adequate number of homoeopath colleges in the country including district Gopalganj of Bihar; and
- (c) if so, the details thereof and if not, the reasons therefor?

## ANSWER THE MINISTER OF STATE (IC) OF THE MINISTRY OF AYURVEDA, YOGA & NATUROPATHY, UNANI, SIDDHA AND HOMOEOPATHY (SHRI SHRIPAD YESSO NAIK)

- (a):    No study has been conducted regarding number of homoeopathic c olleges required in the country  to  meet  the  demand/necessity  as  public  health  is  a  State  subject.  The  C Government approves eligible proposals received and recommended from the State Government.
- (b)  & (c):    No proposal has been received by the M inistry for establishment of homeopathic College at Gopalganj, Bihar.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 3045 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2019-12-06
Subject: MRI Facilities
Ministry: HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE
Asked by: Ashok Mahadeorao Nete

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUEST ION NO. 3045 TO BE ANSWERED ON 6 TH DECEMBER, 2019

## MRI FACILITIES

## 3045. SHRI ASHOK MAHADEORAO NETE:

Will the Minister of HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE be pleased to state:

- (a) whether the facilities of Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) scanning are generally ava only in hospitals associated with Government medical colleges;
- (b) whether any proposal for providing the sa id facilities to the patients belonging to familie living below the poverty line in the country is pending with the Government;
- (c) if so, the details thereof; and
- (d) the time by which such proposal be materialized?

## ANSWER THE MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE (SHRI ASHWINI KUMAR CHOUBEY)

- (a) to (d): Health being the state subject, such information is not maintained centrally.

As far as three central government hospitals of Delhi i.e. Safdarjung Hospital & Vardman Mahavir  Medical  College , Atal  Bihar  Vajpayee  Institute  of  Medical  Sciences  & Dr.  Ram Manohar Lohia Hospital and Lady Hardinge Medical College and Associated Hospitals and Al India  Institute  of  Medical  Sciences,  New  Delhi  are concerned,  Magnetic  Resonance  Imaging (MRI) scann ersare available and patients belonging to families living below the poverty line are exempted from MRI charges.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 3041 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2019-12-06
Subject: Promotion of R&D for Safe Drinking Water
Ministry: SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
Asked by: Rahul Gandhi

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY DEPARTMENT OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO 3041 TO BE ANSWERED ON 06.12.2019

## PROMOTION OF R&D FOR SAFE DRINKING WATER

## 3041.   SHRI RAHUL GANDHI:

## Will the Minister of SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY वान और ौयोगक मंी be pleased to state:

(a) the details of programmes/schemes currently being implemented to promote Research and Development in provisioning of affordable and safe drinking water;

(b) whether  any  scalable  breakthrough  solutions  to  address  the  key  water-related  challenges  has  been identified under the Water Technology Initiative Programme;

(c) if so, the details thereof;

(d) whether any projects to address water challenges identified in Kerala is currently underway; and

(e) if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER MINISTER OF HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE; MINISTER OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AND MINISTER OF EARTH SCIENCES (DR HARSH VARDHAN) वाय और परवार कयाण मंी ; वान और ौयोगक मंी ; और पृ वी वान मंी

## डॉ . हष वधन

(a) The  Government  is  implementing  a  plan  scheme  titled  ''Water  Technology      Initiative''  to  promote research and development in  provisioning safe drinking water.  The scheme encourages both laboratory and field research for addressing identified water challenges.  During the last 3 years, 7 water centres have been set up besides supporting 109 projects across the country at an expenditure of around Rs. 126 crore.  Besides this plan  scheme,  Council  of  Scientific  &  Industrial  Research  (CSIR)  has  also  developed  and  demonstrated  wide range of water technologies.

(b) & (c): Yes, Sir. The activities taken up under the scheme have resulted in providing   solutions  to  19  site specific  water  challenges  related  to  water  availability and quality covering  365  habitats  across  23 states. The  breakthrough research on materials, products, technologies and systems have provided scalable solutions to low per capita availability, salinity, bacteriological, iron and arsenic contaminations.  Some of these solutions related to water conservation and augmentation, natural water filtration and arsenic contamination have been upscaled  for  meeting  requirements  of  larger  populations.      The  low  temperature  thermal  desalination technology has also been demonstrated and upscaled by Ministry of Earth Sciences.

(d) & (e): The water challenges identified in Kerala include contamination through multiple species. A project is underway to identify the principal reservoirs of Vibrio Cholerae and pathogenic viruses in Vembanad Lake in Kerala and suggest appropriate management methodology.  A prototype comprising of compact Secchi-disk for assessment of algal population has been designed. CSIR has also deployed water purification system in regions of Wayanad, Kottayam, Kuttanad and other flood affected areas.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 3038 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2019-12-06
Subject: Poshan Abhiyan in Andhra Pradesh
Ministry: WOMEN AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT
Asked by: Margani Bharat

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF WOMEN AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 3038

TO BE ANSWERED ON 06.12.2019

## POSHAN ABHIYAN IN ANDHRA PRADESH

## 3038. SHRI MARGANI BHARAT:

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

- (a) whether the Government has taken note that Andhra Pradesh (AP) has got first position in Poshan Abhiyan;
- (b) whether Andhra Pradesh has also bagged second position in enhancing capacity of workers, implementation of various schemes/programmes of the Government of India, better coordination in implementing schemes, etc.; and
- (c) if so, the special incentive/ encouragement  that  the  ministry  will give to Anganwadis in AP so that they can work with more vigour to implement schemes of the Ministry?

## ANSWER

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

- (a) Under POSHAN Abhiyaan Award 2018-19, Government of Andhra Pradesh has won 1 st position in its group in ICDS-CAS implementation for which a cash award of  ₹ 1.00 crore was sanctioned.
- (b) Government  of  Andhra  Pradesh  has  also  won  second  position  in  its  group  in overall excellence in implementation of POSHAN Abhiyaan for which a cash award of  ₹ 0.75 crore was sanctioned.
- (c) Total 10 field functionaries comprising of Anganwadi Workers, Anganwadi Helpers, Lady Supervisors,  Accredited  Social  Health  Activist  (ASHA)  and  Auxiliary  Nurse and  Midwives  (ANM)    of  Andhra  Pradesh  were  also  given a  cash  prize  of  Rs. 50,000  each,  a  certificate  and  a  medal  during  the  award  ceremony.  Further, Anganwadi workers are also paid @ ₹  250  per Community Based Events (CBEs) for 2 CBEs per month and Anganwadi helper is paid incentive of Rs 250 per month for opening of Anganwadi Centre.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 3037 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2019-12-06
Subject: Obscene Content on TV
Ministry: INFORMATION AND BROADCASTING
Asked by: Locket Chatterjee, Prataprao Govindrao  Patil Chikhalikar, Ashok Kumar Rawat

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF INFORMATION AND BROADCASTING

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 3037 TO BE ANSWERED ON 06/12/2019

## OBSCENE CONTENT ON TV

3037.  MS. LOCKET CHATTERJEE: SHRI PRATAPRAO PATIL CHIKHLIKAR: SHRI ASHOK KUMAR RAWAT:

Will the Minister of INFORMATION AND BROADCASTING

be pleased to state:

- (a) whether the Government is aware of many obscene programmes/advertisements run on television in regular time slot, if so, the details thereof;
- (b) whether  the  Government  has  identified  the  programmes,  advertisements and agencies showing such obscenity, if so, the  details thereof;
- (c) whether the Government has taken/proposes to take any step to show such programme in a dignified  manner  on  television  channel,  if  so,  the  details thereof; and
- (d) the  other  steps  taken/  formulated  by  the  Government    to  check  such content on TV?

## ANSWER

MINISTER  OF  ENVIRONMENT,  FOREST  AND  CLIMATE  CHANGE; MINISTER OF INFORMATION AND BROADCASTING; AND MINISTER OF HEAVY INDUSTRIES AND PUBLIC ENTERPRISES (SHRI PRAKASH JAVADEKAR)

(a) to  (d): All private satellite TV channels are required to adhere to  the  Programme  and  Advertising  Codes  as  prescribed  in  the Cable  Television  Networks  (Regulation)  Act,  1995  and  the  Rules framed thereunder.

An  Inter-Ministerial  Committee  (IMC),  set  up  by  Ministry  of Information &  Broadcasting, looks into complaints  regarding violation  of  Programme  and  Advertising  Codes  and  recommends action  against  the  TV  Channels.    Appropriate  action  is  taken against TV channels in case violation of the aforesaid Programme &  Advertising  Codes,  including  obscene  content,  is  established. Action against TV channels may extend from issue of warnings or advisories  to  comply  with  the  Programme/Advertising  Codes  or directing  channels  to  run  apology  scrolls  on  their  channels  and can  extend  up  to  taking  the  channels  off  air  temporarily  for varying period depending on the gravity of the violation.

States have set-up District level and State level Monitoring Committees to monitor content telecast on cable TV channels.

Further,  as  part  of  the  self-regulation  mechanism,  Indian Broadcasting  Foundation  (IBF)  has  set-up  Broadcasting  Content Complaint Council (BCCC) for self-regulation in case of non-news channels whereas News Broadcasting Standards Authority (NBSA) had  been  set-up  by  News  Broadcasters Association  (NBA)  for monitoring  content  of  news  channels.    Advertising  Standards Council  of  India  (ASCI),  a  self-regulatory  body  of  advertisement industry,  looks  into  all  advertisement  related  complaints  across media such as Print, TV, Radio, Hoardings, SMS, Internet/web-site, etc.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 3034 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2019-12-06
Subject: PARIVESH
Ministry: ENVIRONMENT,  FORESTS AND CLIMATE CHANGE
Asked by: Magunta Sreenivasulu Reddy

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF ENVIRONMENT, FOREST AND CLIMATE CHANGE

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 3034

TO BE ANSWERED ON 06.12.2019

## PARIVESH

3034. SHRI MAGUNTA SREENIVASULU REDDY:

Will the Minister of ENVIRONMENT, FOREST AND CLIMATE CHANGE be pleased to state:

- (a) the aims and objectives of the PARIVESH portal initiated by the Government;
- (b) the total number of clearances given till date since the portal was launched;
- (c) the total number of proposals cleared and other pending proposals with the Government from the State of Andhra Pradesh; and
- (d) if so, the details thereof and the action taken by the Government thereon?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER  OF  STATE  IN  THE  MINISTRY  OF  ENVIRONMENT,  FOREST  AND CLIMATE CHANGE (SHRI BABUL SUPRIYO)

- (a) The aims and objectives of the PARIVESH portal initiated by the Government, inter alia, include  online  submission,  monitoring  and  management  of  proposals  submitted  by Project Proponents to the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change (MoEFCC), Government  of  India  as  well  as  to  the  State  Level  Environmental  Impact  Assessment Authorities (SEIAA) to seek various types of clearances (e.g. Environment, Forest, Wildlife and Coastal Regulation Zone Clearances) from Central, State and District-level authorities. It automates  the  entire  process  of  submitting  the  application  and  tracking  the  status  of  such proposals at each stage of the processing.
- (b) The portal was launched at Central level on 10 th August, 2018 and at State level on 16 th August,  2019.  The  details  of  the  total  number  of  clearances  given,  till  date,  since  the portal was launched are as follows:

| Description   |   Environmental Clearances issued |
|---------------|-----------------------------------|
| Center Level  |                               333 |
| State/UT      |                               381 |
| Total         |                               714 |

(c)&  (d)  As  per  the  available  information  on  PARIVESH,  the  Government  has  accorded environment clearance (EC)to 10 project proposals and terms of reference (ToR) to 40 project proposals  from  the  State  of  Andhra  Pradesh.  Accordingly,  50  proposals  from  the  State  of Andhra Pradesh have been cleared since the launch of the Portal. Further, 16 proposals for EC and  14  proposals  for  ToR  in  respect  of  State  of  Andhra  Pradeshare  at  various  stages of appraisal in  MoEF&CC under Environment Impact Assessment Notification, 2006 and its amendments from time to time.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 3027 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2019-12-06
Subject: Paid News
Ministry: INFORMATION AND BROADCASTING
Asked by: Chandra Prakash Joshi, Ramdas Chandrabhanji Tadas

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF INFORMATION AND BROADCASTING

## LOK SABHA

UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 3027

TO BE ANSWERED ON 06.12.2019

PAID NEWS

3027.  SHRI CHANDRA PRAKASH JOSHI: SHRI RAMDAS C. TADAS:

## Will the Minister of INFORMATION AND BROADCASTING be pleased to state:

- (a) whether  the  Government  has  got  information  regarding  certain  cases  of  paid news during  various  elections  in  the  country  or  otherwise  during  the  last  three years including the current year;
- (b) if so, the details thereof;
- (c) the action taken against the erring media companies and the people involved in it and those benefitted from it; and
- (d) the  corrective  measures  taken  by  the  Government  to  check  the  cases  of  paid news?

## ANSWER

## THE MINISTER OF ENVIRONMENT, FOREST AND CLIMATE CHANGE; MINISTER OF INFORMATION AND BROADCASTING; AND MINISTER OF HEAVY INDUSTRIES AND PUBLIC ENTERPRISES [SHRI PRAKASH JAVADEKAR]

(a) to (d): The Election Commission  of India (ECI) has informed that a  large  number  of  cases  of  paid  news  have  been  reported  to  it during  the  year  2017  to  2019  in  the  General  Election  to  the  Lok Sabha and the State Legislative Assemblies as under:

| General elections to         |   No. of cases reported |
|------------------------------|-------------------------|
| State Legislative Assemblies |                     799 |

| Lok Sabha - 2019   | 4302   |
|--------------------|--------|

ECI  has  a  well  structured mechanism at the national, state and district levels to receive complaints relating to 'Paid News' and take necessary remedial action. The expenditure involved in these cases  is  included  in  the  election  expenditure  of  the  candidates against which the paid news cases are confirmed.

Once the cases are decided / established as Paid news, ECI refers  the  cases  of  Print  and  Electronic  media  to  PCI  and  News Broadcasting  Standard  Authority  (NBSA)  respectively  for  taking necessary action in the matter.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 3026 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2019-12-06
Subject: National Health Research Institute
Ministry: AYURVEDA,YOGA & NATUROPATHY,UNANI,SIDDHA AND HOMEOPATHY (AYUSH)
Asked by: H. Vasanthakumar

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF AYURVEDA, YOGA & NATUROPATHY, UNANI, SIDDHA AND HOMOEOPATHY (AYUSH)

## LOK  SABHA UNSTARRED  QUESTION NO. 3026 TO BE ANSWERED ON 6 TH DECEMBER, 2019

## NATIONAL HEALTH RESE ARCH INSTITUTE

## 3026. SHRI VASANTHAKUMAR H.:

Will  the  Minister of AYURVEDA,  YOGA  AND  NATUROPATHY,  UNANI, SIDDHA AND HOMOEOPATHY (AYUSH) be pleased to state:

- (a) whether his Ministry proposes to open new National Health Research Institute (NHRI) f Skin Disorders and other health challenges across the Country;
- (b) if so, the details thereof and the steps being taken by the Government in this regard;
- (c) whether the G overnment has received any proposals from States/UTs in this regard; and
- (d) if so, the details thereof State/UTwise along with funds allocated for the purpose?

## ANSWER

## THE MINISTER OF STATE (IC) OF THE MINISTRY OF AYURVEDA, YOGA & NATUROPATHY, UNANI, SIDDHA AND HOMOEOPATHY (SHRI SHRIPAD YESSO NAIK)

- (a) & (b):     No proposal to open new National Health Research Institute (NHRI) for Disorders and other health challenges across the Country in the Min istry.
- ( c) & (d):   Due to reply (a) & (b) above question does not arise.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 3024 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2019-12-06
Subject: Regulation of Trans Fats
Ministry: HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE
Asked by: Deepak (Dev) Adhikari

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 3024 TO BE ANSWERED ON 6 TH DECEMBER, 2019

## REGULATION OF TRANS FATS

## 3024. SHRI ADHIKARI DEEPAK (DEV):

Will the Minister of HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE be pleased to state:

(a) whether the Government has any plan to regulate trans fats in food, if so, the detai and

- (b) the manner in which the Government plans to implement the same?

## ANSWER THE MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE (SHRI ASHWINI KUMAR CHOUBEY)

(a) to (b): Under existing provisions of Food Safety and Standards (Food Products Standard and Food Additives) Regulations, 2011, the limit of trans fats for Vanaspati, bakery shor bakery and industrial margarine and Interesterified vegetable fats/oils is pre scribed at not more than 5%.

As implementation and enforcement of Food Safety and enforcement Act, 2006 primaril lies  with  theState/UT  Governments,  regular  surveillance,  monitoring,  inspection  and  ra sampling  of  food  products  are  being  carried  out  by Food  Safety  Officers  of  States/UTs  and action is initiated against the offenders under the provisions of FSS Act, 2006.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 3023 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2019-12-06
Subject: Traditional Medicine in Medical Colleges
Ministry: AYURVEDA,YOGA & NATUROPATHY,UNANI,SIDDHA AND HOMEOPATHY (AYUSH)
Asked by: K. Muraleedharan

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF AYURVEDA, YOGA & NATUROPATHY, UNANI, SIDDHA AND HOMOEOPATHY (AYUSH)

LOK  SABHA UNSTARRED  QUESTION NO. 3023 TO BE ANSWERED ON 6 TH DECEMBER, 2019

## TRADITIONAL MEDICINE IN MEDICAL COLLEGES

## 3023. SHRI K. MURALEEDHARAN:

Will  the  Minister of AYURVEDA,  YOGA  AND  NATUROPATHY,  UNANI, SIDDHA AND HOMOEOPATHY (AYUSH) be pleased to state:

- (a) whether it is a fact that the Government is considering to include traditional medicin courses/syllabus of all the medical colleges during the first three years of education, details thereof;
- (b) whether it is a fact that 80 per cent of Ayurv edic doctors ended up practicing allopathy;
- (c) if so, the details thereof and the reaction of the Government thereto; and
- (d) whether it is a fact that the Government is considering to ban all type of medical pl the details thereof?

## ANSWER

THE MINISTER OF STATE (IC) OF THE MINISTRY OF AYURVEDA, YOGA & NATUROPATHY, UNANI, SIDDHA AND HOMOEOPATHY (SHRI SHRIPAD YESSO NAIK)

- (a): No such proposal has been initiated yet, for this purpose.

- (b)& (c) : No such reports have been received so far.

- (d):       No such proposal has been initiated .

- (d):       No such proposal has been initiated .

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Lok Sabha Question No. 3022 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2019-12-06
Subject: Achievements of National Nutrition Mission
Ministry: WOMEN AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT
Asked by: Asaduddin Owaisi, Imtiaz Jaleel Syed

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF WOMEN AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 3022

TO BE ANSWERED ON 06.12.2019

## ACHIEVEMENTS OF NATIONAL NUTRITION MISSION

3022. SHRI ASADUDDIN OWAISI: SHRI SYED IMTIAZ JALEEL:

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

- (a) whether the Government has recently approved the launch of National Nutrition Mission with the targets/ achievements to reduce malnutrition and low birth weight to 2 percent each year;
- (b) if so, the details of the targets so achieved till February, 2019;
- (c) the total fund allocated for the mission during the last three years;
- (d) whether the Government has identified the districts in the country where this mission needs immediate attention; and
- (e) if so, the details thereof and the number of districts of the country covered or are likely to be covered under the mission till 2019-20?

## ANSWER

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

(a) to (b) : Government is implementing the POSHAN  Abhiyaan since 18 th December, 2017  to  address  the  problem  of  malnutrition  in  the  country.  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  three years  period beginning 2017-18 with fixed targets as under:

|   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. |

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) Fund allocation under POSHAN Abhiyaan is ₹ 950.00 crore,  ₹ 3061.30 crore and ₹ 3400.00 crore in year 2017-18,  2018-19  and 2019-20 respectively.

(d) & (e)   All districts of the country are covered in the POSHAN Abhiyaan.

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