Lok Sabha Question No. 2128 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2020-09-23
Subject: Food and Nutrition Board
Ministry: WOMEN AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT
Asked by: Vinod Kumar Sonkar, Bhola Singh, Sangeeta Kumari Singh Deo, Raja Amareshwara Naik, Sukanta Majumdar, Jayanta Kumar Roy

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF WOMEN & CHILD DEVELOPMENT

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2128

TO BE ANSWERED ON 23.09.2020

## FOOD AND NUTRITION BOARD

## 2128. SHRI VINOD KUMAR SONKAR:

SHRI BHOLA SINGH:

SHRIMATI SANGEETA KUMARI SINGH DEO:

SHRI RAJA AMARESHWARA NAIK:

Dr. SUKANTA MAJUMDAR:

DR. JAYANTA KUMAR ROY:

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

- (a) whether  the  Government  has  set  up  the  Food  and  Nutrition  Board  (FNB)  to  implement community nutrition programmes;
- (b) if so, the details thereof alongwith its structure, functions and budget;
- (c) whether the FNB organises various activities and programmes for women and children, if so, the details thereof and funds sanctioned therefor during the last three years;
- (d) whether the Government has set up Food Testing Laboratories to analyse the food items under Anganwadi scheme, if so, the details of laboratories, State-wise and the achievement made by them so far; and
- (e) whether the Government has reviewed  the functioning of the FNB and if so, the details thereof and if not, the reasons therefor?

## ANSWER

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

(a) to (c)  Food and Nutrition Board is the technical wing of the Ministry with head office in Delhi and four  Regional  Offices  alongwith  four  Quality  Control  Laboratories  located  at  Faridabad,  Mumbai, Kolkata and Chennai. It has  43 Community Food and Nutrition Extension Units (CFNEUs) located in 30 States/UTs.  FNB  Headquarter,  through  its  four  Regional  Offices,  provides  the  technical  as  well  as administrative support for the functioning of CFNEUs which conducts nutrition extension programmes.

Activities  of  FNB  include organizing  of  Training  of  the  Trainers  for  government  functionaries, orientation training programmes for grassroot level functionaries, training in home scale preservation of fruits  &  vegetables,  monitoring  of  Supplementary  Nutrition  and  Nutrition  &  Health  component  of  the Anganwadi Services Scheme, development and promotion of low cost nutritious recipes using locally available Foods etc

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The fund sanctioned to FNB during last three years are as indicated hereunder:

| Year    |   Funds Allocated (Rs. In crore) |
|---------|----------------------------------|
| 2017-18 |                            52.85 |
| 2018-19 |                            53.45 |
| 2019-20 |                             6.96 |
| 2020-21 |                             6.76 |

(d) One  Central  Food  Testing  Laboratory  at  Faridabad  and  3  Regional  Food  Testing  Laboratories  at Kolkata,  Chennai  and  Mumbai  have  been  set  up to  test  physical,  chemical  and  microbiological parameters of food.

(e)  The  functioning  of  FNB  has  been  reviewed  and based  thereupon  efforts  have  been  made  to integrate its functioning with Food Safety and Standards Authority of India.

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