Lok Sabha Question No. 266 (STARRED), answered on 2021-08-06
Subject: National Nutrition Mission
Ministry: WOMEN AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT
Asked by: Sarmistha Sethi

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF WOMEN AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT

## LOK SABHA STARRED QUESTION NO.266

TO BE ANSWERED ON 06.08.2021

## NATIONAL NUTRITION MISSION

- *266.   SHRIMATI SARMISTHA SETHI:

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

- (a)       the  number  of  districts  covered  under  the  National  Nutrition  Mission  (NNM)  at present;
- (b)       the  number  of  people  trained  so  far  to  strengthen  the  implementation  and operational preparedness under the said Mission; and
- (c)       the details of funds spent for the publicity of NNM during the last two years?

## ANSWER

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

- (a) to (c) A Statement is laid on the Table of the House.

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## STATEMENT REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PART (A) TO (C) OF LOK SABHA STARRED QUESTION NO.266 FOR 06.08.2021 BY SHRI SHRIMATI SARMISTHA SETHI REGARDING NATIONAL NUTRITION MISSION .

- (a) All  the  States/UTs  are  covered  under  POSHAN  Abhiyaan  (erstwhile  National Nutrition Mission) in a phased manner. The coverage of the scheme has been extended to  718  districts  upto  2019-20.  The  scheme  was  extended  to  315  districts  as  part  of Phase I (2017-18), in 267 districts as part of Phase II (2018-19), and in the remaining 136  districts  as  part  of  Phase  III  (2019-20).  West  Bengal  has  not  yet  started implementation of the POSHAN Abhiyaan. Under the Mission Poshan 2.0 announced in Budget  2021-22,  an  integrated  nutrition  support  programme  extends  its  coverage across all districts of States/UTs.
- (b) To strengthen the implementation and operational preparedness under the said mission, more than 10 lakh Anganwadi Workers have been trained in various modules of  the  Incremental  Learning  Approach  (ILA)  component  of  the  POSHAN  Abhiyaan. Incremental Learning Approach (ILA) is a capacity building approach in which learning is  broken  down  into  small  portions  of  doable  actions.  Government  launched  Poshan Tracker, an ICT based application in March 2021, which provides a 360-degree view of the activities of the Anganwadi Centre (AWC), service deliveries of Anganwadi Workers (AWWs) and complete beneficiary management for pregnant women, lactating mothers and  children.  In  order  to  facilitate  use  of  this  digital  application  amongst Anganwadi Workers  (AWW)/  Anganwadi  Helpers  (AWH),  Government  has  organised  training  of Anganwadi  Workers/Anganwadi  Helpers.  Till  date,  more  than  6.5  lakhs  Anganwadi Workers/ Anganwadi Helpers have been trained by the Common Service Centre (CSC) to facilitate the use of Poshan tracker by the Frontline Functionaries of the Anganwadi Service.

Further, Ministry  has  sent  a  communication  dated  2 nd February, 2021  to States/UTs regarding appointment of Nodal Person for providing technical support and resolving any issue regarding downloading the new Poshan Tracker application and its functioning.

- (c)        The details of the funds spent for the publicity of NNM during the last two years is as under:

| Financial Year   |   Funds Utilised (₹in crores) |
|------------------|-------------------------------|
| 2019-20          |                          9.62 |
| 2020-21          |                         19.72 |

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