Lok Sabha Question No. 2054 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2018-12-21
Subject: National Nutrition Mission
Ministry: WOMEN AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT
Asked by: MANSUKHBHAI DHANJIBHAI VASAVA, RODMAL NAGAR, Richard Hay, PANKAJ CHOWDHARY, JANARDAN MISHRA, RAMA DEVI

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF WOMEN AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2054 TO BE ANSWERED ON 21.12.2018

## NATIONAL NUTRITION MISSION

| 2054.   | SHRI MANSUKHBHAI DHANJIBHAI VASAVA: PROF. RICHARD HAY: SHRI JANARDAN MISHRA:   | SHRI NAGAR RODMAL: SHRI PANKAJ CHAUDHARY: SHRIMATI RAMA DEVI :   |
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Will the Minister of WOMEN AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT be pleased to state:

- (a) the salient features of the National Nutrition Mission (NNM);
- (b) the  details  of  the  various  schemes  implemented  by  the  Government  under  NNM  in  order  to  prevent malnutrition among women and children;
- (c) the amount of funds allocated, released and utilised thereunder during each of the last three years and the current year, State/UT-wise;
- (d) the total number of persons benefited under such schemes, State/UT-wise including Madhya Pradesh;
- (e) whether the Government has proposed to review the schemes under NNM to prevent malnutrition among children and if so, the details thereof;
- (f) whether the Government has reviewed the status of prevailing malnourishment across the country and if so, the details thereof, State/UT-wise including Gujarat; and
- (g) the efforts  made by the Government to address the challenges and shortcomings detected during the said review?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF WOMEN AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT (DR. VIRENDRA KUMAR)

- (a) & (b): National  Nutrition  Mission  (NNM)  renamed  as  POSHAN  Abhiyaan set  up  by  Government  on 30.11.2017, aims to reduce the level of stunting, under-nutrition, anaemia and low birth weight babies. The  important  components  of  the  Abhiyaan  are:  ensuring  convergence  with  various  programmes; incentivizing States/ UTs for achieving goals; IT enabled Real Time Monitoring (ICT-RTM); Evaluation; weighing efficiency and making nutrition visible; Community mobilization awareness advocacy; IEC, Jan Andolan - to educate the people on nutritional aspects, on-line Course on Nutrition for Children, Nutrition message from folk songs and songs on WASH, sending messages on nutrition and also creating ringtones,  Yoga  for  children  at  AWCs;  strengthening  human  resource;  measuring  height  and  length  of children below 6 years of age. Under POSHAN Abhiyaan, convergence of nutrition centric schemes is envisaged.
- (c): The scheme was approved only on 30.11.2017. Therefore, the funds sanctioned to States/UTs during 2017-18 and funds sanctioned/released during 2018-19 are given at Annexure-I .
- (d): POSHAN Abhiyaan is not a beneficiary centric scheme.
- (e), (f)   & (g): The status of malnutrition is reviewed by Ministry of Health & Family Welfare through NFHS which is conducted periodically. Last such survey was conducted in 2015-16. For addressing the challenge of malnourishment,  Government  is  implementing  various  nutrition  related  schemes,  i.e.,  Anganwadi Services, Pradhan Mantri Matru Vandana Yojana (PMMVY), Scheme for Adolescent Girls (SAG), etc.

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## Annexure-I

## STATEMENT REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PART (c) OF LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.2054 FOR 21.12.2018. STATE/UT WISE SANCTION/RELEASE OF FUNDS AND UTILIZATION AS REPORTED BY THE STATES/UTS UNDER POSHAN ABHIYAAN

## (Amount in ₹ lakhs)

| S. No.   | State/UT                  |   Funds sanctioned in 2017-18 |   Funds sanctioned/ released in 2018-19 |   Utilization Reported in 2018-19 (upto November, 2018) |
|----------|---------------------------|-------------------------------|-----------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------------------|
| 1        | Andaman & Nicobar Islands |                        100.22 |                                  170.77 |                                                    2.37 |
| 2        | Andhra Pradesh            |                       1284.63 |                                 6381.78 |                                                  976.28 |
| 3        | Arunachal Pradesh         |                         52.93 |                                  765.91 |                                                    0    |
| 4        | Assam                     |                       2298.27 |                                 9043.76 |                                                    0    |
| 5        | Bihar                     |                       6724.06 |                                10317.8  |                                                 1061.27 |
| 6        | Chandigarh                |                        158.88 |                                   71.47 |                                                  137.21 |
| 7        | Chhattisgarh              |                        965.45 |                                 7235.16 |                                                  474.52 |
| 8        | Dadra & Nagar Haveli      |                        108.83 |                                   64.47 |                                                   76.05 |
| 9        | Daman & Diu               |                         42.06 |                                   74.26 |                                                   26.88 |
| 10       | Goa                       |                        238.07 |                                  116.92 |                                                    0    |
| 11       | Gujarat                   |                       3036.66 |                                 6056.96 |                                                 7544.8  |
| 12       | Haryana                   |                        400.97 |                                 2663.12 |                                                 3064.09 |
| 13       | Himachal Pradesh          |                       1557.26 |                                  519.67 |                                                 1931.36 |
| 14       | Jammu & Kashmir           |                        388.59 |                                 3194.21 |                                                 1768.43 |
| 15       | Jharkhand                 |                       1555.35 |                                 4471.33 |                                                 4668.89 |
| 16       | Karnataka                 |                       3351.05 |                                 3969.07 |                                                 5254.55 |
| 17       | Kerala                    |                       1273.37 |                                  671.72 |                                                    0    |
| 18       | Lakshadweep               |                         60    |                                   76.86 |                                                   82.41 |
| 19       | Madhya Pradesh            |                       3441.49 |                                11474.1  |                                                 3086.96 |
| 20       | Maharashtra               |                       2572.31 |                                10448.1  |                                                 6633.33 |
| 21       | Manipur                   |                        340.46 |                                 2752.33 |                                                 2859.79 |
| 22       | Meghalaya                 |                        462.98 |                                 1073.2  |                                                 1427.92 |
| 23       | Mizoram                   |                        119.38 |                                  559.84 |                                                  679.22 |
| 24       | Nagaland                  |                        163.74 |                                  730.6  |                                                  133.77 |
| 25       | NCT of Delhi              |                        945.95 |                                 1457.15 |                                                    0    |
| 26       | Odisha                    |                       4600.46 |                                 9777.65 |                                                    0    |
| 27       | Puducherry                |                         39.24 |                                  242.51 |                                                  262.78 |
| 28       | Punjab                    |                        819.51 |                                  902.43 |                                                    2.33 |
| 29       | Rajasthan                 |                       2045.73 |                                 6920.14 |                                                 8211.45 |
| 30       | Sikkim                    |                         98.59 |                                  151.69 |                                                  135.62 |
| 31       | Tamil Nadu                |                       1340.51 |                                 2613.92 |                                                    4.22 |
| 32       | Telangana                 |                       1736.94 |                                 4399.84 |                                                 7716.24 |
| 33       | Tripura                   |                        277.91 |                                 1042.29 |                                                 1320    |
| 34       | Uttar Pradesh             |                       8440.6  |                                21274    |                                                 2767.29 |
| 35       | Uttarakhand               |                       1866.25 |                                 3443.57 |                                                 5251.64 |
| 36       | West Bengal               |                       5545.27 |                                18644.9  |                                                    0    |
|          | Total                     |                      58454    |                               153773    |                                                67561.7  |

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