Lok Sabha Question No. 1130 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2021-12-03
Subject: National Nutrition Mission
Ministry: WOMEN AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT
Asked by: Balak Nath, Bhagirath Chaudhary, M.K. Vishnu Prasad, Sumedhanand Saraswati

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF WOMEN AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1130

TO BE ANSWERED ON 03.12.2021

## NATIONAL NUTRITION MISSION

## 1130.  SHRI BALAK NATH:

SHRI BHAGIRATH CHOUDHARY: DR. VISHNU PRASAD M. K.: SHRI SUMEDHANAND SARASWATI

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

- (a) whether  the  Government  is  implementing  National  Nutrition  Mission  in  the country  and  if  so,  the  details  and  objectives  thereof  indicating  the  number  of districts covered thereunder at present, State/UT-wise;
- (b) the amount of funds allocated and utilized under the said Mission during each of the  last  three  years  and  current  year,  state/UT-wise  including  Rajasthan  and Tamil Nadu;
- (c) the number of districts covered, amount spent and persons benefitted under the Mission in Rajasthan and Tamil Nadu including Ajmer Lok Sabha Constituency and Thiruvannamalai district during the last two years;
- (d) the  number  of  people  trained  so  far  to  strengthen  the  implementation  and operational preparedness under the said Mission; and
- (e) the  other  measures  being  taken  by  the  Government  to  strengthen  the  said Mission?

## ANSWER

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

(a)     POSHAN  Abhiyaan  was  launched  in  March  2018  to   achieve  improvement  in nutritional  status  of  Children  from  0-6  years,  Adolescent  Girls,  Pregnant Women  and Lactating  Mothers  in  a  time  bound  manner  and  to  achieve  reduction  in  stunting  and wasting in children (0-6 years) as well as reduction in anaemia in women, children and adolescent  girls.  The  Abhiyaan  has  been  rolled  out  in  36  States/UTs  covering  738 Districts. Components under POSHAN Abhiyaan include ICT Application, Convergence, Community  Mobilization,  Behavioural  Change  &  Jan  Andolan,  Capacity  Building, Incentives and Awards and Innovations.

(b) & (c) All districts of Rajasthan and Tamil Nadu including Ajmer and Thiruvannamalai district are covered under POSHAN Abhiyaan. Under the Abhiyaan, a total  of  45,65,877  &  34,15,545  beneficiaries  are  availing  services  in  the  States  of Rajasthan and Tamil Nadu respectively.   The State/UT wise details of funds allocated in the last three years is at Annexure I which includes States of Rajasthan and Tamil Nadu.

(d)     Under  Capacity  Building  component  of  POSHAN  Abhiyaan, approx.,  10.22  lakh frontline  functionaries  have  been  successfully  trained.  Additionally,  approx.  6.61  lakh field  functionaries  have  undergone  training  through  digital  platform. Also,  till  date,  8.3 lakhs Anganwadi Workers/ Anganwadi Helpers have been trained in the ICT application (Poshan Tracker).

(e)      Government  has  taken  measures  to  strengthen  nutritional  content,  delivery, outreach and outcomes with focus on developing practices that nurture health, wellness and  immunity  to  disease  and  malnutrition.  Steps  have  also  been  taken  to  improve nutritional  quality  and  testing,  strengthen  delivery  and  leverage  technology  under Poshan  Tracker  to  improve  governance.  Streamlined  Guidelines  were  issued  for transparency  and  accountability  in  delivery  of  supplementary  nutrition  and  to  track nutritional  outcomes  on  13.01.2021.  Government  has  advised  States/UTs  to  ensure that the quality of supplementary nutrition conforms to prescribed standards laid down under  the  Food  Safety  and  Standards  Act,  2006  and  regulations  made  there  under. States/UTs have also been advised to promote use of AYUSH systems for prevention of malnutrition and related diseases. A programme to support development of Poshan Vatikas  at  Anganwadi  centers  to  meet  dietary  diversity  gap  leveraging  traditional knowledge in nutritional practices has also been taken up. As informed by States/UTs, Poshan Vatikas have been developed in 4.37 lakh Anganwadi Centres. Further, during Poshan Pakhwada 2021, 1.10 lakh saplings of medicinal plants were planted.

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Annexure-I

## State/UT-wise details of funds released and utilised from F.Y. 2018-19 to 2020-21 under POSHAN Abhiyaan

## Amount in ₹ lakhs

| SN    | State/UT                  |   Total Central Funds released from 2018-19 to 2020-21 | Total Central Funds utilization as on 31st March 2021   |
|-------|---------------------------|--------------------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------------------|
| 1     | Andaman & Nicobar Islands |                                                 936.25 | 421.44                                                  |
| 2     | Andhra Pradesh            |                                               25363.3  | 16601.84                                                |
| 3     | Arunachal Pradesh         |                                                2815.88 | 708.11                                                  |
| 4     | Assam                     |                                               32948.7  | 18117.52                                                |
| 5     | Bihar                     |                                               49365.6  | 27823.99                                                |
| 6     | Chandigarh                |                                                1099.87 | 513.96                                                  |
| 7     | Chhattisgarh              |                                               12137.2  | 6505.25                                                 |
|       | Dadra Nagar Haveli and    |                                                 774.31 | 682.98                                                  |
| 8     | Daman & Diu               |                                                 686.7  |                                                         |
| 9     | Delhi                     |                                                3327.18 | 2432.58                                                 |
| 10    | Goa                       |                                                 456.04 | 222.24                                                  |
| 11    | Gujarat                   |                                               29976.2  | 21769.01                                                |
| 12    | Haryana                   |                                                6808.82 | 4326                                                    |
| 13    | Himachal Pradesh          |                                               10973.2  | 7010.78                                                 |
| 14    | Jammu & Kashmir           |                                                9178.53 | 7912.09                                                 |
| 15    | Jharkhand                 |                                                8154.95 | 5245.93                                                 |
| 16    | Karnataka                 |                                               14276.5  | 11133.42                                                |
| 17    | Kerala                    |                                               10974.7  | 6696.51                                                 |
| 18    | Ladakh                    |                                                 164.59 | 51.41                                                   |
| 19    | Lakshadweep               |                                                 427.36 | 287.27                                                  |
| 20    | Madhya Pradesh            |                                               39398.5  | 18516.83                                                |
| 21    | Maharashtra               |                                               58390.8  | 40154.5                                                 |
| 22    | Manipur                   |                                                4389.99 | 2138.4                                                  |
| 23    | Meghalaya                 |                                                5073.39 | 4979.05                                                 |
| 24    | Mizoram                   |                                                2732.96 | 2575.03                                                 |
| 25    | Nagaland                  |                                                5327.67 | 5239.26                                                 |
| 26    | Odisha                    |                                               16358.6  | 7555.69                                                 |
| 27    | Puducherry                |                                                 943.62 | 264.58                                                  |
| 28    | Punjab                    |                                                7346.86 | 2470.04                                                 |
| 29    | Rajasthan                 |                                               23830.6  | 10349.79                                                |
| 30    | Sikkim                    |                                                1370.99 | 1276.83                                                 |
| 31    | Tamil Nadu                |                                               25931.5  | 19476.85                                                |
| 32    | Telangana                 |                                               17906.8  | 14824.33                                                |
| 33    | Tripura                   |                                                4135.95 | 3155.13                                                 |
| 34    | Uttar Pradesh             |                                               56969    | 19219.28                                                |
| 35    | Uttarakhand               |                                               13574.9  | 7898                                                    |
| 36    | West Bengal               |                                               26751.1  | 0                                                       |
| Total | Total                     |                                              531279    | 298555.92                                               |