Lok Sabha Question No. 1109 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2021-12-03
Subject: Malnutrition
Ministry: WOMEN AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT
Asked by: Mimi Chakraborty, Balubhau (Alias Suresh Narayan) Dhanorkar, Behanan Benny, Bheemrao Baswanthrao Patil, Nama Nageswara Rao, Ranjeetsingh Naik Nimbalkar, Rajiv Pratap Rudy, Deepak (Dev) Adhikari, Kripanath Mallah, Abdul Majeed Ariff, Kumbakudi Sudhakaran, Sudhakar Tukaram Shrangre

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF WOMEN AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1109

TO BE ANSWERED ON 03.12.2021

## MALNUTRITION

- 1109   MS. MIMI CHAKRABORTY:

SHRI BALUBHAU ALIAS SURESH NARAYAN DHANORKAR:

SHRI BENNY BEHANAN:

SHRI B.B. PATIL:

SHRI NAMA NAGESWARA RAO:

SHRI RANJEETSINGH HINDURAO NAIK NIMBALKAR:

SHRI RAJIV PRATAP RUDY:

SHRI ADHIKARI DEEPAK (DEV):

SHRI KRIPANATH MALLAH:

ADV. A. M. ARIFF:

SHRI KUMBAKUDI SUDHAKARAN:

SHRI SUDHAKAR TUKARAM SHRANGARE:

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

- (a) whether  the  number  of  underweight,  malnourished/severely  malnourished  children increased during the recent years and if so, the reaction of the Government thereto;
- (b) the  estimated  number  of  underweight,  malnourished  and  severely  malnourished children recorded during each of the last five years and till date;
- (c) whether the Government is complementing POSHAN Abhiyan and POSHAN 2.0 to check  malnourishment  in  the  country  and  if  so,  the  details  and  salient  features thereof along with the success achieved therein;
- (d) the funds allocated and utilized under the said schemes since inception, State/UTwise and year-wise;
- (e) whether the Government has subsumed supplementary nutritional programme with this abhiyan and if so, the details thereof; and
- (f) whether the country is on track to meet the target of making India a malnutrition-free country by 2022 and if so, the details thereof and the measures being taken by the Government in this direction?

## ANSWER

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

(a) & (b)    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 NFHS-5 (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%.

(c)  to  (f)             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.  Steps  have  been  taken  to improve nutritional quality and testing in accredited labs, strengthen delivery and leverage technology under Poshan Tracker to improve governance. States/UTs have 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  Centres  to  meet dietary diversity gap leveraging traditional knowledge in nutritional practices has also been taken up.

The  details  of  funds  allocated  to  State/UTs  and  expenditure  under  the  POSHAN Abhiyaan since its inception is at Annexure-I.

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## 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                                               |