Lok Sabha Question No. 3907 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2020-03-17
Subject: Status of NFSM
Ministry: CONSUMER AFFAIRS, FOOD AND PUBLIC DISTRIBUTION
Asked by: M V V Satyanarayana

## GOVERT{i'IENT  OF INDIA

## MtittsTRY  oF coNsuMER AFFAIRS, FOOD & PUBLIC DISTRIBUTION DEPARTMENT OF FOOD AND PUBLIC DISTRIBUTION

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 3907 TO BE ANSWERED  ON {7rH MARCH, 2O2O

## STATUS OF ilFSNi

## 3907. SHRI M.V.V. SATYANARAYANA:

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- (a) curent status ot National Food Security Misslon in the country;
- (b)  whether any new food supplementary  programmes are goang to be introduced  for the urban poor children;
- (c) if not, the current  status of existing food supplementary programmes
- in the country;
- (d)  whether the Government has any plan to  provide any special packages for the reassessment of various nutrition schemes which are
- not running  properly;  and
- (e)

ANSWER

IJIINISTER  OF STATE  FOR IUIINISTRY  OF GONSUMER  AFFAIRS' FOOD & PUBLIC DISTRIBUT!ON

(SHRI DANVE RAOSAHEB DADARAO)

(a): The National Food security Mission  (ilFsM) is being implernented  in the identified  districts across  the country with the obiective  of increasing foodgrains  production through atea expansion and  productivity enhancement, restoring soil fertility and productivity at individual farm level and enhancing farm levet economy. The various components of NFSM are NFSM-RicetrYheauPulse/Goarse Gereats/ Nutri-Gereals  and commercaal Grops. The I|FSM programme is being implemented in all the 28 States and Union Territory  (UT) of Jammu & Kashmir and UT of Ladakh. Assistance  is  being provided for various interventions  like different types of demonstrations on tatest crops production technologies, promotion  of newly released High Yielding  varieties  (HYVs)/Hybrids, climate resilient varieties/ stress toteranubio-fortified  varietiesr  Integrated Nutrient Management  (lNM) &  tntegrated  Pest Management  (lPM) techniques, water conservation  devices, improved farm implements/tools and capacaty building of farmers  etc., through state governments'

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- if so, the details  thereof?

(b) & (c): Under the Supplementary Nutrition under Anganwadi Services Scheme,  State Governments/UT Admlnlstrations  have been providing 3OO days of supplementary food to the beneficiaries in a year which entails giving more than one meal per day to the children from 36 years who come to Anganwadi  Centres  (AWGs). This includes morning snacks in the form of milk/ banana/seasonal fruits etc. followed by a hot cooked meal (HGM). For children below 3 yearc of age and pregnant women and lactating mothers, age appropriate Take Home Rations (THRs) in the form of pre-mix/ ready-to-eat food are provided. Besides, for severely malnourished children in the age group of 6 months to 6 yearct additional food items in the form of THR have been rccommended. Provision  of supptementary  nutritaon under the Anganwadi Services is primarily made to bridge the gap between the Recommended Dietary Allowance  (RDA) and the Average Daily lntake (ADI) of children and pregnant women and lactating motherc.

Norms for different categories of beneficiaries for Supplementary Nutrition Norms under Anganwadi sewices are at Annexure.

(d) & (e): The nutrition schemes envisaged under the National  Food Security  Act are openatang  smoothly and no proposal to reassess these programmes is under consideration of the Government.

## AltNExt RE R"EFERRED  TO IN PART (bl & (cf Or THE UNSTARRED QITESTION  NO.39O7 FOR /INSWER ON 17.O3.2O2O IN TIrE LOK SABTTA

## Norms for different categories of  beneficiaries  for  Supplementary Nutrition  Norms under Anganwadi services:

|   S. No. | Gategories                                    | Types of food                                                                                                                                         |
|----------|-----------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|        1 | Children (0-6 months)                         | Exclusive Breast feeding for firct 6 months of life.                                                                                                  |
|        2 | Ghildren (6-36 months)                        | Take Home Ration in the form that is palatable to the child. !t could be given in the form of micro-nutrient fortified food and/or energy dense food. |
|        3 | Severely ma!-nourished children (6-36 months) | Same type of food as above with food supplement of 8OO calories of energy and 20,-25 gms. of Protein.                                                 |
|        4 | Children (3-6 years)                          | Morning snack in the form of milk/banana/seasonal truits etc. and llot cooked Meal.                                                                   |
|        5 | Severely mal-nourished children (3-G years)   | Additional 3OO calories of enetgy and 8- {O gms. of Protein in the form of micro. nutrient fortified food and/or energy dense food,                   |
|        6 | Pregnant women Nursing mothers &              | Take Home Ration in the form of macro- nutrient fortified food and/or enetgy dense food.                                                              |