Lok Sabha Question No. 3964 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2019-01-04
Subject: National Nutrition Mission
Ministry: HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE
Asked by: DHARMENDRA YADAV

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

LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 3964 TO BE ANSWERED ON 04 TH JANUARY, 2019

## NATIONAL NUTRITION M ISSION

## 3964. SHRI DHARMENDRA YADAV:

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

- (a) whether the Government has an inter - M istry convergence mission to ensure malnutrition free India under Poshan Abhiyan, 2022 and if so, the details thereof;
- (b)  whether  the  Govern ment  is  planning  to  adopt  best  practices  and  policies  of  those  Sta which had been successful in improving the health condition and reducing malnutrition National Nutrition Mission and if so, the details thereof indicating the States which ha wn improvement in health sector;
- (c) whether the Government has constituted a Committee to study policies and practices of and if so, the details and the outcome thereof;
- (d) whether the Government is planning to introduce Pneumococcal and rotavirus vaccination in the country and if so, the details thereof and districts identified for the purpose, St - wise; and
- (e) the time by which the said vaccination is likely to start?

## ANSWER THE MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE

## (SHRI ASHWINI KUMAR CHOUBEY)

- (a):              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  i.e.  Anganwadi  Services  (AS),  Pradhan  Manthri  Matru  Vandana Yojana  (PMMVY),  Scheme  for  Adolescent  Girls  of  MWCD;  Nutrition  related  programmes under National Health Mission (NHM) of MoHFW; Swachh Bharat Mission of the Ministry of Drinking  Water  &  Sanitation  (DW&S);  Public  Distribution  System  (PDS)  of  the  Ministry  o Consumer  Affairs,  Food  &  Public  Distribution  (CAF&PD);  Mahatma  Gandhi  National  Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MGNREGS) of the Ministry of Rural Development (MoRD) ;

Contd……..

Ministry  of  Panchayati  Raj  and  Urban Local  Bodies  through  the  Ministry  of  Urba Development. The target of the Mission is to bring down stunting among children in the group of 0 - 6 years from 38.4 per cent to 25 per cent by the year 2022.

(b): At present ,there is no such proposal is under consideration.

( c) : No. Government has not yet constituted any Committee to study policies and practices States related to National N utrition Mission.

(d)  &  (  e): Rotavirus  vaccine  has  been  introduced  in  11  States  namely  Andhra  Pradesh, Haryana,  Himachal  Pradesh,  Jharkhand,  Odisha,  Assam,  Tripura,  Rajasthan,  Tamil  Nadu Madhya Pradesh and Uttar Pradesh.

Pneumococcal  Conjugated  Va ccine  (PCV)  has  been  introduced  in  Bihar,  Himachal Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, 12 districts of Uttar Pradesh and 9 districts of Rajasthan. The districts of Uttar Prades h nd Rajasthan is at Annexure .

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## Annexure

## List of districts of Rajasthan and Uttar Pradesh where PCV has been introduced

## Uttar Pradesh:

1. Bahraich
2. Balrampur
3. Barabanki
4. Basti
5. Faizabad
6. Gonda
7. Hardoi
8. Kheri
9. Lucknow
10. Siddharthnagar
11. Sitapur
12. Srawasti

## Rajasthan:

1. Banswara
2. Barmer
3. Dungarpur
4. Jalor
5. Pali
6. Partapgarh
7. Rajsamand
8. Sirohi
9. Udaipur