Lok Sabha Question No. 5001 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2022-04-01
Subject: Poshan Abhiyan in Telangana
Ministry: WOMEN AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT
Asked by: Venkatesh Netha Borlakunta, Kavitha Malothu, Dayakar Pasunoori, Gaddam Ranjith Reddy

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF WOMEN AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 5001 TO BE ANSWERED ON 01.04.2022

## 'POSHAN ABHIYAN IN TELANGANA'

5001    SHRI VENKATESH NETHA BORLAKUNTA: SHRIMATI KAVITHA MALOTHU: SHRI PASUNOORI DAYAKAR: DR. G. RANJITH REDDY:

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

- (a) the details of allocation made for Poshan Abhiyaan during 2021-22;
- (b) the details of funds allocated, released and utilized under  Poshan  Abhiyaan in Telangana during each of the last five years and the  current year;
- (c)     the details of proposals received under the Abhiyaan during the  years  2018, 2019 and 2020 and action taken by the Ministry  thereon; and
- (d) the impact of Poshan Abhiyaan on nutritional indicators of women and children and efforts being made to push in the indicators?

## ANSWER

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

- (a)        ln   2021-22,  three  schemes   of  MWCD  namely  Anganwadi  Services,  POSHAN Abhiyaan and Scheme for Adolescent Girls have been clubbed and named as 'Saksham Anganwadi and Poshan 2.0'.  The revised budget allocation for the scheme for FY 202122 was Rs 19999.55 Cr.
- (b)        Total  fund  of  Rs  17906.84 Lakh released under POSHAN Abhiyaan to State of Telangana from inception of POSHAN Abhiyaan to 1 st January, 2022. Year wise detail is as follows,
- (c)        Proposals  are  received  from  all  the  States/UTs  from  time  to  time,  either  for release of funds for implementation of various activities under POSHAN Abhiyaan during a  particular  Financial  Year  or  for  revalidation  of  unspent  balances  lying  with  the States/UTs  from  previous  years.   All  such  proposals  were  promptly  examined  and appropriate action taken as per extant rules and procedures.
- (d)       The estimated number of underweight, malnourished and severely malnourished children under 5 years of age is obtained under National Family Health Survey (NFHS) conducted by the Ministry of Health & Family Welfare. As per the recent report of NFHS5  (2019-21),  the  nutrition  indicators  for  children  under  5  years  have  improved  as compared  with  NFHS-4  (2015-16).  Stunting  has  reduced  from  38.4%  to  35.5%,  while Wasting has reduced from 21.0% to 19.3% and Underweight prevalence has reduced from 35.8% to 32.1%.

| States/UTs   |   Central Funds released in 2017- 18 |   Central Funds released in 2018- 19 |   Central Funds released in 2019- 20 |   Central Funds released in 2020- 21 |   Total Central Funds released till 01.01.2022 |   Total Central Funds utilised as on 01.01.2022 |
|--------------|--------------------------------------|--------------------------------------|--------------------------------------|--------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------|
| TELANGANA    |                              1736.94 |                               8595.7 |                                 7003 |                                571.2 |                                        17906.8 |                                         15786.9 |

Government  has  accorded  high  priority  to  the  issue  of  malnutrition  and  is implementing  several  schemes  like  Anganwadi  Services,  Scheme  for  Adolescent  Girls and  Pradhan  Mantri  Matru  Vandana  Yojana  (PMMVY)  under  the  Umbrella  Integrated Child Development Services (ICDS) Scheme as direct targeted interventions to address the problem of malnutrition in the country. Children with Severe Acute Malnutrition are treated at the Nutrition Rehabilitation Centres established by the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare.

Further, Mission Poshan 2.0, an integrated nutrition support programme has been announced  in  budget  2021-2022  for  all  States/UTs.  It  seeks  to  strengthen  nutritional content, delivery, outreach and outcomes with focus on developing practices that nurture health, wellness and immunity to disease and malnutrition.