Lok Sabha Question No. 93 (STARRED), answered on 2020-02-07
Subject: Malnourishment among Children
Ministry: WOMEN AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT
Asked by: V. Kalanidhi

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF WOMEN & CHILD DEVELOPMENT

## LOK SABHA

## STARRED QUESTION NO. 93 TO BE ANSWERED ON 07.02.2020

## MALNOURISHMENT AMONG CHILDREN

- *93. DR. KALANIDHI VEERASWAMY:

Will the Minister of WOMENAND CHILD DEVELOPMENT be pleased to state:

- (a) the  number  of  malnourished  children  in  the  country,  State/UT-wise  including Tamil Nadu;
- (b) whether malnourishment among children across the country has been increasing over the years;
- (c) if  so,  the  details  thereof  during  each  of  the  last  three  years,  State/UT-wise including Tamil Nadu;
- (d) whether  the  Government  is  planning  to  issue  new  guidelines  to  address  the matter of malnutrition among children across the country;
- (e) if so, the details thereof; and
- (f) the details of funds proposed to be sanctioned for this purpose and the time by which the said guidelines are likely to be issued?

## ANSWER

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

- (a)  to (f): A statement is laid on the table of the House.

## Statement referred to in reply to part (a) to (f) of Lok Sabha Starred Question No. 93 due for answer on 07.02.2020, raised by Dr. Kalanidhi Veeraswamy regarding Malnourishment among Children.

(a) to (f) As per the report of NFHS-4 conducted in 2015-16, 35.7% children under 5 years  of  age  are  underweight  and  38.4%  are  stunted.  As  per  the  recent  report  of Comprehensive  National Nutrition  Survey (CNNS)  (2016-18), the prevalence of underweight  and  stunting  among  children  is  33.4%  and  34.7%respectively,  which indicates a reduction when compared to the levels reported by NFHS-4. The State/UTwise details including Tamil Nadu are annexed.

Under the Anganwadi Services of the Umbrella Integrated Child Development Services (ICDS) Scheme, Supplementary Nutrition is provided to children under 6 years of age in the  form  of  Take  Home  Ration,  Morning  Snacks  and  Hot  Cooked  Meals  as  per  the provisions  of  the  National  Food  Security  Act,  2013.  The  Supplementary  Nutrition  is provided to bridge the gap between the Recommended Dietary Allowances (RDA) and the  Average  Daily  Intake  (ADI)  among  this  age  group  as  per  the  nutritional  norms provided  under  Schedule  II  of  the  Act.  Severely  malnourished  children  are  provided additional nutrition in the form of food supplement providing 800 Kcal of energy and 2025 g of protein.

Further, for the management of malnourished children without medical complications at the  community  level,  the  guidelines  have  been  drafted  by  the  Ministry  based  on  the recommendations  of  the  technical  group  comprising  of  representatives  from  NITI Aayog,  line  ministries,  experts  and  other  stakeholders;  taking  into  considerations  the available scientific  evidence  and  programme  experience  in  the  country and  in consultation with National Technical Board on Nutrition.

Under the Umbrella ICDS Scheme, in order to address the issue of malnutrition,  Rs. 20532.38  crores,  Rs.  3700  crores,  Rs.  2500  crores  and  Rs.  250  crores  have  been proposed for  the  year  2020-21  for  implementation  of  Anganwadi  Services,  POSHAN Abhiyaan, Pradhan Mantri Matru Vandana Yojana (PMMVY)  and  Scheme  for Adolescent Girls(SAG) respectively.

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## Statement referred to in reply to part (a) to (c) of Lok Sabha Starred Question No. 93 due for answer on 07.02.2020, raised by Dr. Kalanidhi Veeraswamy

| S. No.   | State              | Stunted (under 5 yrs)   | Stunted (under 5 yrs)   | Underweight (under 5 yrs)   | Underweight (under 5 yrs)   |
|----------|--------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|
|          |                    | NFHS-4                  | CNNS                    | NFHS-4                      | CNNS                        |
| 1        | Andaman & Nicobar  | 23.3                    | -                       | 21.5                        | -                           |
| 2        | Andhra Pradesh     | 31.4                    | 31.5                    | 31.9                        | 33.5                        |
| 3        | Arunachal Pradesh  | 29.4                    | 28                      | 19.4                        | 15.5                        |
| 4        | Assam              | 36.4                    | 32.4                    | 29.8                        | 29.4                        |
| 5        | Bihar              | 48.3                    | 42                      | 43.9                        | 38.7                        |
| 6        | Chandigarh         | 28.7                    | -                       | 24.5                        | -                           |
| 7        | Chhattisgarh       | 37.6                    | 35.4                    | 37.7                        | 40                          |
| 8        | Delhi              | 31.9                    | 28.8                    | 27                          | 28.1                        |
| 9        | Dadra Nagar Haveli | 41.7                    | -                       | 38.8                        | -                           |
| 10       | Daman & Diu        | 23.4                    | -                       | 26.7                        | -                           |
| 11       | Goa                | 20.1                    | 19.6                    | 23.8                        | 20.3                        |
| 12       | Gujarat            | 38.5                    | 39.1                    | 39.3                        | 34.2                        |
| 13       | Haryana            | 34                      | 34.9                    | 29.4                        | 28.8                        |
| 14       | Himachal Pradesh   | 26.3                    | 28.4                    | 21.2                        | 22.6                        |
| 15       | Jammu & Kashmir    | 27.4                    | 15.5                    | 16.6                        | 13.1                        |
| 16       | Jharkhand          | 45.3                    | 36.2                    | 47.8                        | 42.9                        |
| 17       | Karnataka          | 36.2                    | 32.5                    | 35.2                        | 32.4                        |
| 18       | Kerala             | 19.7                    | 20.5                    | 16.1                        | 18.7                        |
| 19       | Lakshadweep        | 26.8                    | -                       | 23.6                        | -                           |
| 20       | Madhya Pradesh     | 42                      | 39.5                    | 42.8                        | 38.7                        |
| 21       | Maharashtra        | 34.4                    | 34.1                    | 36                          | 30.9                        |
| 22       | Manipur            | 28.9                    | 28.9                    | 13.8                        | 13                          |
| 23       | Meghalaya          | 43.8                    | 40.4                    | 28.9                        | 29.6                        |
| 24       | Mizoram            | 28.1                    | 27.4                    | 12.0                        | 11.3                        |
| 25       | Nagaland           | 28.6                    | 26.2                    | 16.7                        | 16.3                        |
| 26       | Odisha             | 34.1                    | 29.1                    | 34.4                        | 29.2                        |
| 27       | Punjab             | 25.7                    | 24.3                    | 21.6                        | 19.7                        |
| 28       | Puducherry         | 23.7                    | -                       | 22                          | -                           |
| 29       | Rajasthan          | 39.1                    | 36.8                    | 36.7                        | 31.5                        |
| 30       | Sikkim             | 29.6                    | 21.8                    | 14.2                        | 10.8                        |
| 31       | Tamil Nadu         | 27.1                    | 19.7                    | 23.8                        | 23.5                        |
| 32       | Telangana          | 28.0                    | 29.3                    | 28.3                        | 30.8                        |
| 33       | Tripura            | 24.3                    | 31.9                    | 24.1                        | 23.8                        |
| 34       | Uttar Pradesh      | 46.2                    | 38.8                    | 39.5                        | 36.8                        |
| 35       | Uttarakhand        | 33.5                    | 29.9                    | 26.6                        | 18.7                        |
| 36       | West Bengal        | 32.5                    | 25.3                    | 31.5                        | 30.9                        |
|          | India              | 38.4                    | 34.7                    | 35.7                        | 33.4                        |