Lok Sabha Question No. 989 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2022-07-22
Subject: Malnutrition in Schedule Tribe Concentrated Areas
Ministry: WOMEN AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT
Asked by: Nishikant  Dubey

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF WOMEN AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.989

TO BE ANSWERED ON 22.07.2022

## MALNUTRITION IN SCHEDULE TRIBE CONCENTRATED AREAS

- 989:   DR. NISHIKANT DUBEY:

Will the Minister of Women and Child Development be pleased to state:

- (a) whether  the  number  of  children  suffering  from  malnutrition  is  very  high especially in tribal and Scheduled tribe concentrated areas;
- (b) if so, the details thereof;
- (c) if  not,  the  region-wise  and  State-wise  number  of  children  suffering  from malnutrition at present; and
- (d) the funds allocated to the States under this head during each of the last three years?

## ANSWER

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

(a) to (c)     Data on nutrition indicators is covered under the National Family Health Surveys  conducted  by  the  Ministry  of  Health  and  Family  Welfare.  The  National Family Health Survey-4 for all States/UTs was released in 2015-16 and Survey-5 (NFHS-5) in 2019-20.  NFHS reports do not provide separate area-wise estimations for malnutrition among  children with respect to tribal and  Scheduled  Tribe populations.  However  malnutrition  indicators  are  provided  for  Scheduled  Tribes (STs). As per reports of NFHS-5, prevalence of stunting in children under (5) years of age in STs has reduced from 43.8 in NFHS-4 to 40.9 in NFHS -5. Prevalence of wasted children under (5) years of age in STs has reduced from 27.4 in NFHS-4 to 23.2 in NFHS -5 and Prevalence of underweight children under (5) years of age in STs has reduced from 45.3 in NFHS-4 to 39.5 in NFHS -5.

The   State/UT   wise prevalence of Stunting, Underweight and Wasting in children as reported in NFHS-4 and NFHS-5 is at Annexure-I .

(d) To  improve  nutritional  outcomes  for  pregnant  women  and  lactating  mothers, children and adolescents, the Poshan Abhiyaan, an important flagship program was launched  by  Hon'ble  Prime  Minister  on  8 th March  2018,  leveraging  technology,  a targeted  approach  and  convergence.   The  Abhiyaan  has  sought  to  achieve improvement in nutritional status of Children from 0-6 years, Adolescent Girls and Pregnant Women and  Lactating  Mothers  in  a  time  bound  manner  by  adopting  a synergised  and  result-oriented  approach.  It  is  being  implemented  in  all  States/ UTs.    Funds  released  to  States/UTs  under  Supplementary  Nutrition  Programme from the year 2019-2020 to 2021-2022 is at Annexure-II.

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Statement  referred  to  in  reply  to  Part  (c)  of  Lok  Sabha  Unstarred Question  No.989  for  22.07.2022  by  Dr.  NISHIKANT  DUBEY  regarding Malnutrition in schedule tribe concentrated areas

State/UT  wise  prevalence  of  Stunting,  Wasting  and  Underweight  in children as reported in NFHS-4 and NFHS-5

| S. No.   | State                              | Stunted (under 5 yrs)   | Stunted (under 5 yrs)   | Underweight (under 5 yrs)   | Underweight (under 5 yrs)   | Wasting (under 5 yrs)   | Wasting (under 5 yrs)   |
|----------|------------------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|
| S. No.   | State                              | NFHS-4 (2015-16)        | NFHS-5 (2019-21)        | NFHS-4 (2015-16)            | NFHS-5 (2019-21)            | NFHS-4 (2015-16)        | NFHS-5 (2019-21)        |
| 1.       | Andaman & Nicobar                  | 23.3                    | 22.5                    | 21.6                        | 23.7                        | 18.9                    | 16                      |
| 2.       | Andhra Pradesh                     | 31.4                    | 31.2                    | 31.9                        | 29.6                        | 17.2                    | 16.1                    |
| 3.       | Arunachal Pradesh                  | 29.4                    | 28                      | 19.5                        | 15.4                        | 17.3                    | 13.1                    |
| 4.       | Assam                              | 36.4                    | 35.3                    | 29.8                        | 32.8                        | 17                      | 21.7                    |
| 5.       | Bihar                              | 48.3                    | 42.9                    | 43.9                        | 41                          | 20.8                    | 22.9                    |
| 6.       | Chandigarh                         | 28.7                    | 25.3                    | 24.5                        | 20.6                        | 10.9                    | 8.4                     |
| 7.       | Chhattisgarh                       | 37.6                    | 34.6                    | 37.7                        | 31.3                        | 23.1                    | 18.9                    |
| 8.       | Dadra Nagar Haveli and Daman & Diu | 37.2                    | 39.4                    | 35.8                        | 38.7                        | 26.7                    | 21.6                    |
| 9.       | Delhi                              | 32.3                    | 30.9                    | 27                          | 21.8                        | 17.1                    | 11.2                    |
| 10.      | Goa                                | 20.1                    | 25.8                    | 23.8                        | 24                          | 21.9                    | 19.1                    |
| 11.      | Gujarat                            | 38.5                    | 39                      | 39.3                        | 39.7                        | 26.4                    | 25.1                    |
| 12.      | Haryana                            | 34                      | 27.5                    | 29.4                        | 21.5                        | 21.2                    | 11.5                    |
| 13.      | Himachal Pradesh                   | 26.3                    | 30.8                    | 21.2                        | 25.5                        | 13.7                    | 17.4                    |
| 14.      | Jammu & Kashmir                    | 27.4                    | 26.9                    | 16.6                        | 21                          | 12.1                    | 19                      |
| 15.      | Jharkhand                          | 45.3                    | 39.6                    | 47.8                        | 39.4                        | 29                      | 22.4                    |
| 16.      | Karnataka                          | 36.2                    | 35.4                    | 35.2                        | 32.9                        | 26.1                    | 19.5                    |
| 17.      | Kerala                             | 19.7                    | 23.4                    | 16.1                        | 19.7                        | 15.7                    | 15.8                    |
| 18.      | Lakshadweep                        | 27.0                    | 32.0                    | 23.4                        | 25.8                        | 13.8                    | 17.4                    |
| 19       | Ladakh                             | 30.9                    | 30.5                    | 18.7                        | 20.4                        | 9.3                     | 17.5                    |
| 20.      | Madhya Pradesh                     | 42.0                    | 35.7                    | 42.8                        | 33.0                        | 25.8                    | 19.0                    |
| 21.      | Maharashtra                        | 34.4                    | 35.2                    | 36.0                        | 36.1                        | 25.6                    | 25.6                    |
| 22.      | Manipur                            | 28.9                    | 23.4                    | 13.8                        | 13.3                        | 6.8                     | 9.9                     |
| 23.      | Meghalaya                          | 43.8                    | 46.5                    | 29.0                        | 26.6                        | 15.3                    | 12.1                    |
| 24.      | Mizoram                            | 28                      | 28.9                    | 11.9                        | 12.7                        | 6.1                     | 9.8                     |
| 25.      | Nagaland                           | 28.6                    | 32.7                    | 16.38                       | 26.9                        | 11.2                    | 19.1                    |
| 26.      | Odisha                             | 34.1                    | 31.0                    | 34.4                        | 29.7                        | 20.4                    | 18.1                    |
| 28.      | Puducherry                         | 23.7                    | 20.0                    | 22.0                        | 15.3                        | 23.6                    | 12.4                    |
| 29.      | Punjab                             | 25.7                    | 24.5                    | 21.6                        | 16.9                        | 15.6                    | 10.6                    |
| 30.      | Rajasthan                          | 39.1                    | 31.8                    | 36.7                        | 27.6                        | 23.0                    | 16.8                    |
| 30.      | Sikkim                             | 29.6                    | 22.3                    | 14.2                        | 13.1                        | 14.2                    | 13.7                    |
| 31.      | Tamil Nadu                         | 27.1                    | 25.0                    | 23.8                        | 22.0                        | 19.7                    | 14.6                    |
| 32.      | Telangana                          | 28.1                    | 33.1                    | 28.5                        | 31.8                        | 18.0                    | 21.7                    |
| 33.      | Tripura                            | 24.3                    | 32.3                    | 24.1                        | 25.6                        | 16.8                    | 18.2                    |
| 34.      | Uttar Pradesh                      | 46.3                    | 39.7                    | 39.5                        | 32.1                        | 17.9                    | 17.3                    |
| 35.      | Uttarakhand                        | 33.5                    | 27.0                    | 26.6                        | 21.0                        | 19.5                    | 13.2                    |
|          | India                              | 38.4                    | 35.5                    | 35.8                        | 32.1                        | 21.0                    | 19.3                    |

Statement  referred  to  in  reply  to  Part  (d)  of  Lok  Sabha  Unstarred Question  No.  for  22.07.2022  by  Dr.  NISHIKANT  DUBEY  regarding Malnutrition in schedule tribe concentrated areas.

The details of funds released to States/UTs under Supplementary Nutrition    Programme from 2019-2020 to 2021-2022 are as follows:

| STATE                |   2019-20 | 2020-21   | 2021-22   |
|----------------------|-----------|-----------|-----------|
| 1ANDHRA PRADESH      |  32726.2  | 37135.93  | 38268.02  |
| 2BIHAR               |  76100.7  | 85607.81  | 88368.99  |
| 3CHHATTISGARH        |  20930.7  | 24593.07  | 26771.73  |
| 4GOA                 |    826.38 | 858.8     | 440.88    |
| 5GUJARAT             |  33672    | 33671.97  | 50526.47  |
| 6HARYANA             |   4205.09 | 5919.04   | 5919.04   |
| 7HIMACHAL PRADESH    |   7655.5  | 6919.79   | 5766.4    |
| 8JAMMU & KASHMIR     |   2341.36 | 4629.5    | 3458.83   |
| 9JHARKHAND           |  22959.3  | 26033.9   | 17595.38  |
| 10KARNATAKA          |  42657.6  | 41000     | 58102.1   |
| 11KERALA             |  14085.2  | 13049.61  | 19083.19  |
| 12MADHYA PRADESH     |  71534.9  | 74405.7   | 55338.77  |
| 13MAHARASHTRA        |  78949.4  | 66330.71  | 105239.33 |
| 14ODISHA             |  49466.8  | 50299.05  | 49454.24  |
| 15PUNJAB             |   5346.54 | 4341.15   | 4530.36   |
| 16RAJASTHAN          |  29913.6  | 34894.46  | 31399.25  |
| 17TAMIL NADU         |  37341.7  | 39022.39  | 36337.1   |
| 18TELANGANA          |  22519.7  | 21522.15  | 24680.58  |
| 19UTTAR PRADESH      | 148686    | 139063.6  | 139063.6  |
| 20UTTARAKHAND        |  13308.1  | 14629.43  | 15276.48  |
| 21WEST BENGAL        |  59862    | 65848.2   | 32924.1   |
| 22DELHI              |   4425.64 | 6539.81   | 7825.24   |
| 23PUDUCHERRY         |      0    | 0         | 0         |
| 24ANDAMAN & NICOBAR  |    327.44 | 406.43    | 203.22    |
| 25CHANDIGARH         |    705.52 | 633.26    | 702.83    |
| 26DADRA NAGAR HAVELI |    185.75 | 410.11    | 410.11    |
| 27DAMAN & DIU        |    139.88 |           |           |
| 27LADAKH             |      0    | 554.23    | 277.12    |
| 28LAKSHADWEEP        |     55.14 | 90.99     | 146.33    |
| 29ARUNACHAL PRADESH  |   2332.96 | 3708.17   | 4725.67   |
| 30ASSAM              |  49541.7  | 54495.86  | 69759.55  |
| 31MANIPUR            |   4980.21 | 10697.3   | 8588.77   |

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| 32MEGHALAYA   |   11582.97 |   11648.95 |   11051.14 |
|---------------|------------|------------|------------|
| 33MIZORAM     |    2041.49 |    2288.18 |    1862.77 |
| 34NAGALAND    |    7390.27 |    8232.9  |    8232.75 |
| 35SIKKIM      |     291.42 |     336.42 |     303.22 |
| 36TRIPURA     |    7028.04 |    6503.02 |    6883.37 |
| Grand Total   |  866118    |  896322    |  929517    |