Lok Sabha Question No. 1751 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2022-02-11
Subject: POSHAN Abhiyan
Ministry: WOMEN AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT
Asked by: Arvind Dharmapuri

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF WOMEN AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1751

TO BE ANSWERED ON 11.02.2022

## 'POSHAN ABHIYAN'

## 1751    SHRI ARVIND DHARMAPURI:

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

- (a)      the details of funds released and utilized under the Prime Minister's Overarching Scheme for Holistic Nutrition (POSHAN) till December, 2019, State-wise;
- (b) whether  the  Ministry  has  studied  the  reasons  for  non-utilisation  of  even  fifty percent  of  the  funds  released  by  the  Government,  since  the  inception  of  this scheme by the States, if so, the details and the outcome thereof;
- (c) the steps taken by Government to ensure maximum utilisation of funds by States under the said scheme; and
- (d) whether the Ministry has conducted any study on the results of this mission since 2017-18 and if so, the findings thereof?

## ANSWER

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

- (a) The  State/UT  wise  statement  of  funds  released  and  funds  utilized  under POSHAN Abhiyaan during FY 2018-19 till December, 2019 is at Annexure 1.
- (b) and (c)      Any unutilized fund / excess expenditure incurred during a particular year under POSHAN Abhiyaan is adjusted in the allocation/release of the succeeding year. States/UTs  are  advised  to  utilise  the  funds  allocated  under  various  components  of POSHAN Abhiyaan as per the cost norms for effective implementation of the scheme.
- (d)     Ministry of Women & Child Development has not conducted any such study.

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Annexure I

## State/UT-wise statement of funds released and utilization under POSHAN Abhiyaan as on 31.12.2019

|   S.No. | State/UT             | Total funds released 31.12.2019   | Total Central utilization 31.12.2019   | fund till   |
|---------|----------------------|-----------------------------------|----------------------------------------|-------------|
|       1 | Andhra Pradesh       | 16759.61                          | 8677.99                                |             |
|       2 | Bihar                | 32065.11                          | 18373.30                               |             |
|       3 | Chhattisgarh         | 11297.63                          | 3096.26                                |             |
|       4 | Delhi                | 3152.83                           | 1254.14                                |             |
|       5 | Goa                  | 435.85                            | 101.68                                 |             |
|       6 | Gujarat              | 21795.7                           | 11222.25                               |             |
|       7 | Haryana              | 6393.43                           | 2696.94                                |             |
|       8 | Himachal Pradesh     | 8190.41                           | 4966.17                                |             |
|       9 | Jammu & Kashmir      | 8732.11                           | 2188.33                                |             |
|      10 | Jharkhand            | 7540.04                           | 2065.05                                |             |
|      11 | Karnataka            | 13221.94                          | 420.68                                 |             |
|      12 | Kerala               | 7765.28                           | 2455.31                                |             |
|      13 | Madhya Pradesh       | 37844.37                          | 12404.30                               |             |
|      14 | Maharashtra          | 56623.06                          | 23602.32                               |             |
|      15 | Odisha               | 15172.11                          | 0.00                                   |             |
|      16 | Puducherry           | 929.94                            | 224.71                                 |             |
|      17 | Punjab               | 6909.84                           | 306.50                                 |             |
|      18 | Rajasthan            | 13897.25                          | 6315.69                                |             |
|      19 | Tamil Nadu           | 13551.44                          | 10464.20                               |             |
|      20 | Telangana            | 17335.64                          | 4579.10                                |             |
|      21 | Uttar Pradesh        | 38023.47                          | 17132.35                               |             |
|      22 | Uttarakhand          | 9863.82                           | 3768.19                                |             |
|      23 | West Bengal          | 24839.38                          | 0.00                                   |             |
|      24 | Arunachal Pradesh    | 2716.28                           | 368.30                                 |             |
|      25 | Assam                | 31961.63                          | 11591.74                               |             |
|      26 | Manipur              | 4205.83                           | 1233.24                                |             |
|      27 | Meghalaya            | 3883.05                           | 2144.45                                |             |
|      28 | Mizoram              | 1979.03                           | 1461.47                                |             |
|      29 | Nagaland             | 2860.88                           | 1561.92                                |             |
|      30 | Sikkim               | 971.06                            | 436.75                                 |             |
|      31 | Tripura              | 3973.63                           | 810.75                                 |             |
|      32 | Andaman & Nicobar    | 824.73                            | 224.49                                 |             |
|      33 | Chandigarh           | 992.67                            | 257.68                                 |             |
|      34 | Dadra & Nagar Haveli | 919.31                            | 805.14                                 |             |
|      34 | Daman & Diu          | 686.70                            | 197.66                                 |             |
|      35 | Ladakh               | --                                | --                                     |             |
|      36 | Lakshadweep          | 325.65                            | 198.90                                 |             |