Lok Sabha Question No. 5574 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2019-07-26
Subject: UN World Food Programme
Ministry: WOMEN AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT
Asked by: M.K. Vishnu Prasad

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF WOMEN AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION No. 5574

TO BE ANSWERED ON 26.07.2019

## UN WORLD FOOD PROGRAMME

## 5574. DR. M. K. VISHNU PRASAD:

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

- (a) whether the Government has taken note of the report prepared by the UN World Food Programme stating that 31.4 per cent Indian children will be malnourished by 2022 and if so, the details thereof;
- (b) whether the food grain yields commensurate with the target yields in order to control malnutrition and if so, the details thereof and if not, the reasons therefor;
- (c) the details of average per capita consumption of energy among the poor population; and
- (d) whether  any  action  plan  has  been  prepared  to  control  malnutrition  among  children  and  if  so,  the details thereof and if not, the reasons therefor?

## ANSWER

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

- (a): The report prepared in collaboration  between Ministry  of  Statistics  and  Programme  Implementation and World Food Programme, provides a baseline using the available data from government sources which will be updated to measure the progress over a period of time as and when the new datasets of government are released.  The analysis shows annual decline in rate of stunting during the period 2005-2006 to 2015-16.
- (b):   Statement of time series of yield of major agricultural crops upto 3 rd  Advance Estimates 2018-19 is at Annex-A .
- (c):    As  per  the  Report  of  Nutritional  Intake  in  India,  2011-12  published  under  68 th  round  of  National Sample Survey Office (NSSO), the average dietary energy intake per person per day was 2233 Kcal for rural India and 2206 Kcal for urban India, which is lower than Recommended Dietary Allowance (RDA) of 2320 Kcal.
- (d):  The  Government  has  set  up  POSHAN  Abhiyaan  on  18.12.2017  for  a  three  year  time  frame, commencing from 2017-18.  The  Abhiyaan  aims  to  reduce  malnutrition  in  the  Country  in  a  phased manner, through a life cycle approach, by adopting a synergised and result oriented approach. The Abhiyaan  ensures  mechanisms  for  timely  service  delivery  and  a  robust  monitoring  as  well  as intervention  infrastructure.  The  target  of  the  Abhiyaan  is  to  reduce  stunting  in  children  (0-6  years), under-nutrition  (underweight  prevalence)  in  children  (0-6  years)  and  Low  Birth  Weight  @2%  per annum and reduce anaemia among young children (6-59 months), women and adolescent girls @3% per  annum  across  the  country.  The  major  works  undertaken  under  this  Abhiyaan  are  ensuring convergence with various other programmes; Information Technology enabled Common Application Software for strengthening service delivery and interventions; Community Mobilization and Awareness Advocacy leading to Jan Andolan- to educate the people on nutritional aspects; Capacity Building of Frontline Functionaries, incentivizing States/ UTs for achieving goals etc.

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## Statement  referred to in part (b)  of  Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 5574 regarding UN World Food Programme to be answered on 26.07.2019.

## All India Estimates of Yield of Foodgrains during 2003-04 to 2018-19

| Crop                | Season       | 2003-04   | 2004-05   | 2005-06   | 2006-07   | 2007-08   | 2008-09   | 2009-10   | 2010-11   | 2011-12   | 2012-13   | 2013-14   | 2014-15   | 2015-16   | 2016-17   | 2017-18   | 2018-19   |
|---------------------|--------------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|
| Rice                | Kharif       | 2004      | 1883      | 1990      | 2024      | 2094      | 2081      | 2018      | 2120      | 2311      | 2374      | 2319      | 2295      | 2305      | 2417      | 2469      | 2568      |
| Rice                | Rabi         | 2947      | 3077      | 3127      | 3130      | 3159      | 3019      | 3064      | 3184      | 3238      | 3352      | 3232      | 3291      | 3382      | 3230      | 3531      | 3416      |
| Rice                | Total        | 2078      | 1984      | 2102      | 2131      | 2202      | 2178      | 2125      | 2239      | 2393      | 2462      | 2416      | 2391      | 2400      | 2494      | 2576      | 2647      |
| Wheat               | Rabi         | 2713      | 2602      | 2619      | 2708      | 2802      | 2907      | 2839      | 2989      | 3177      | 3117      | 3145      | 2750      | 3034      | 3200      | 3368      | 3424      |
| Jowar               | Kharif       | 1085      | 987       | 1082      | 992       | 1176      | 1055      | 853       | 1119      | 1257      | 1171      | 1050      | 1014      | 850       | 954       | 1104      | 1134      |
| Jowar               | Rabi         | 377       | 641       | 726       | 727       | 894       | 904       | 865       | 827       | 741       | 644       | 896       | 808       | 615       | 730       | 853       | 773       |
| Jowar               | Total        | 716       | 797       | 880       | 844       | 1021      | 962       | 860       | 949       | 957       | 850       | 957       | 884       | 697       | 812       | 956       | 913       |
| Bajra               | Kharif       | 1141      | 859       | 802       | 886       | 1042      | 1015      | 731       | 1079      | 1171      | 1198      | 1184      | 1255      | 1132      | 1305      | 1231      | 1236      |
| Maize               | Kharif       | 1932      | 1740      | 1799      | 1660      | 2122      | 2048      | 1740      | 2285      | 2234      | 2244      | 2346      | 2249      | 2236      | 2413      | 2706      | 2725      |
| Maize               | Rabi         | 2987      | 3224      | 3076      | 3793      | 3854      | 4387      | 3694      | 4003      | 3765      | 4156      | 4050      | 4414      | 4006      | 3896      | 4436      | 5102      |
| Maize               | Total        | 2041      | 1907      | 1938      | 1912      | 2335      | 2414      | 2024      | 2540      | 2478      | 2567      | 2676      | 2632      | 2563      | 2689      | 3065      | 3098      |
| Ragi                | Kharif       | 1180      | 1567      | 1534      | 1226      | 1552      | 1477      | 1489      | 1705      | 1641      | 1392      | 1661      | 1706      | 1601      | 1363      | 1662      | 1358      |
| Small Millets       | Kharif       | 473       | 434       | 443       | 475       | 530       | 491       | 460       | 553       | 565       | 583       | 630       | 655       | 601       | 714       | 804       | 725       |
| Barley              | Rabi         | 1975      | 1958      | 1938      | 2055      | 1985      | 2394      | 2172      | 2357      | 2516      | 2518      | 2718      | 2280      | 2439      | 2663      | 2695      | 2617      |
| Coarse              | Kharif       | 1314      | 1168      | 1178      | 1144      | 1410      | 1371      | 1119      | 1500      | 1563      | 1583      | 1619      | 1633      | 1544      | 1708      | 1818      | 1867      |
| Cereals             | Rabi         | 858       | 1102      | 1152      | 1316      | 1510      | 1735      | 1525      | 1641      | 1689      | 1725      | 2034      | 1915      | 1686      | 1885      | 2323      | 2381      |
| Coarse              | Total        | 1221      | 1153      | 1172      | 1182      | 1431      | 1459      | 1212      | 1531      | 1590      | 1617      | 1717      | 1703      | 1579      | 1750      | 1934      | 1973      |
| Cereals             | Kharif       | 1739      | 1618      | 1693      | 1706      | 1845      | 1841      | 1693      | 1892      | 2056      | 2116      | 2089      | 2081      | 2065      | 2188      | 2259      | 2354      |
| Cereals             | Rabi         | 2413      | 2382      | 2427      | 2526      | 2646      | 2722      | 2650      | 2801      | 2969      | 2932      | 2995      | 2681      | 2862      | 3010      | 3239      | 3299      |
| Cereals             | Total        | 1983      | 1903      | 1968      | 2020      | 2151      | 2183      | 2075      | 2256      | 2415      | 2449      | 2462      | 2331      | 2393      | 2525      | 2657      | 2733      |
| Tur (Arhar)         | Kharif       | 670       | 667       | 765       | 650       | 826       | 671       | 711       | 655       | 662       | 776       | 813       | 729       | 646       | 913       | 967       | 739       |
| Gram                | Rabi         | 811       | 815       | 808       | 845       | 762       | 895       | 915       | 895       | 928       | 1036      | 960       | 889       | 840       | 974       | 1078      | 1078      |
| Urad                | Kharif       | 430       | 382       | 386       | 412       | 475       | 419       | 363       | 557       | 523       | 606       | 490       | 516       | 459       | 626       | 632       | 641       |
| Urad                | Rabi         | 426       | 552       | 540       | 640       | 405       | 506       | 586       | 489       | 621       | 682       | 768       | 891       | 773       | 656       | 798       | 753       |
| Urad                | Total        | 430       | 419       | 419       | 470       | 457       | 440       | 418       | 542       | 549       | 623       | 555       | 604       | 537       | 632       | 662       | 662       |
| Moong               | Kharif       | 502       | 295       | 277       | 328       | 410       | 348       | 180       | 538       | 475       | 400       | 409       | 428       | 363       | 488       | 440       | 473       |
| Moong               | Rabi         | 390       | 420       | 414       | 434       | 400       | 423       | 409       | 404       | 508       | 538       | 620       | 640       | 554       | 546       | 600       | 637       |
|                     | Total        | 480       | 317       | 304       | 349       | 409       | 364       | 226       | 513       | 483       | 438       | 474       | 498       | 416       | 500       | 477       | 502       |
| Lentill             | Rabi         | 743       | 675       | 628       | 621       | 622       | 693       | 697       | 591       | 678       | 797       | 759       | 705       | 765       | 838       | 1047      | 1036      |
| Other Kharif Pulses | Kharif       | 466       | 239       | 237       | 309       | 405       | 367       | 200 753   | 511 708   | 420 765   | 377 840   | 409 816   | 474       | 385       | 409       | 441       | 369       |
| Other Rabi Pulses   | Rabi         | 730       | 673       | 687       | 654       | 674       | 737       |           |           |           |           |           | 833       | 766       | 867       | 957       | 925       |
| Pulses              | Kharif       | 528       | 417       | 456       | 449       | 557       | 478       | 397       | 578       | 541       | 594       | 580       | 573       | 489       | 667       | 668       | 595       |
| Pulses              | Rabi         | 743       | 736       | 729       | 752       | 689       | 806       | 825 630   | 791       | 832       | 936       | 891       | 842       | 796       | 898       | 1015      | 1007      |
| Foodgrains          | Total Kharif | 636 1551  | 577 1430  | 598 1511  | 613 1522  | 625 1644  | 660 1654  | 1496      | 691 1669  | 699 1821  | 789 1892  | 763 1864  | 728 1862  | 656 1808  | 786 1890  | 853 1951  | 803 2001  |
| Foodgrains          | Rabi         | 2004      | 1989      | 2020      | 2092      | 2176      | 2265      | 2203      | 2280      | 2431      | 2432      | 2435      | 2232      | 2342      | 2441      | 2603      | 2665      |
| Foodgrains          | Total        | 1727      | 1652      | 1716      | 1757      | 1860      | 1909      | 1798      | 1930      | 2079      | 2129      | 2120      | 2028      | 2042      | 2129      | 2235      | 2283      |

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