Lok Sabha Question No. 1885 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2021-07-30
Subject: Nutritional Rehabilitation
Ministry: WOMEN AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT
Asked by: Sisir Kumar Adhikari

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF WOMEN AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.1885

TO BE ANSWERED ON 30.07.2021

## NUTRITIONAL REHABILITATION

## 1885.  SHRI SISIR KUMAR ADHIKARI:

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

- (a)      whether  the  Government  has  launched  Poshan  Abhiyan  aiming  at  reducing stunting,  under-nutrition,  low  birth  weight  and  anaemia  among  young  children, women, adolescent girls across the country;
- (b)       if so, progress made therein so far and results thereof; and
- (c)      the action taken by the Government during the lockdown period for the pregnant and lactating mothers and children who were in need of additional nutritious diets, special care, support and nutrition rehabilitation?

## ANSWER

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

- (a)           POSHAN  Abhiyaan  was  launched  on  8 th March,  2018,  with  an  objective  to reduce malnutrition from the country in a phased manner and achieve improvement in nutritional  status  of  Children  from  0-6  years,  Adolescent  Girls,  Pregnant  Women  and Lactating Mothers in a time bound manner.

Focusing on the aims of POSHAN Abhiyaan, Mission Poshan 2.0 (Saksham Anganwadi and Poshan 2.0) announced in budget 2021-2022 across States/UTs, is an integrated nutrition  support  programme,  to  strengthen  nutritional  content,  delivery,  outreach  and outcomes with focus on developing practices that nurture health, wellness and immunity to disease and malnutrition.

- (b)          The data on nutrition indicators that is stunting, wasting and underweight among children  under  5  years  as  captured  by  National  Family  Health  Survey  (NFHS-4  and NFHS-5), and Comprehensive National Nutrition Survey (CNNS) is annexed as Annexure  I .  The  recently  released  report  of  NFHS-5  is  available  only  for  22 States/UTs.
- (c)            During  the  pandemic,  as  per  the  MHA  guidelines,  all  Anganwadi  Centres across  the  country  were  closed  to  limit  the  impact  of  COVID-19.  However,  to  ensure continuous  nutritional  support  to  Anganwadi  beneficiaries,  Anganwadi  Workers  and Helpers distributed Supplementary Nutrition at the doorsteps of beneficiaries once in 15 days and have distributed medicines as per requirement.

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## Annexure I

Statement  referred  to  in  reply  to  Part  (b)  of  Lok  Sabha  Un-starred  Question No.1885  for  30.07.2021  by SHRI  SISIR  KUMAR  ADHIKARI  regarding  Nutritional

Rehabilitation.

| S. No.   | Name of State/UT         | Stunting         | Stunting         | Stunting       | Underweight      | Underweight      | Underweight     | Wasting          | Wasting          | Wasting        |
|----------|--------------------------|------------------|------------------|----------------|------------------|------------------|-----------------|------------------|------------------|----------------|
| S. No.   | Name of State/UT         | NHFS 4 (2015-16) | NHFS 5 (2019-20) | CNNS (2016-18) | NHFS 4 (2015-16) | NHFS 5 (2019-20) | CNNS (2016- 18) | NHFS 4 (2015-16) | NHFS 5 (2019-20) | CNNS (2016-18) |
| 1        | Andaman &Nicobar Islands | 23.3             | 22.5             | -              | 21.6             | 16               | -               | 18.9             | 23.7             | -              |
| 2        | Andhra Pradesh           | 31.4             | 31.2             | 31.5           | 31.9             | 16.1             | 33.5            | 17.2             | 29.6             | 17.1           |
| 3        | Arunachal Pradesh        | 29.4             | -                | 28             | 19.4             | -                | 16              | 17.3             | -                | 7              |
| 4        | Assam                    | 36.4             | 35.3             | 32.4           | 29.8             | 21.7             | 29.4            | 17               | 32.8             | 19.4           |
| 5        | Bihar                    | 48.3             | 42.9             | 42             | 43.9             | 22.9             | 38.7            | 20.8             | 41               | 14.5           |
| 6        | Chandigarh               | 28.7             | -                | -              | 24.5             | -                | 0               | 10.9             | -                | -              |
| 7        | Chhattisgarh             | 37.6             | -                | 35.4           | 37.7             | -                | 40              | 23.1             | -                | 19.3           |
| 8        | Dadra &Nagar Haveli      | 41.7             | 39.4             | -              | 38.9             | 21.6             | -               | 27.6             | 38.7             | -              |
| 8        | Daman& Diu               | 23.4             | -                | -              | 26.7             | -                | -               | 24.1             | -                | -              |
| 9        | Delhi                    | 31.9             | -                | 28.8           | 27               | -                | 28.1            | 15.9             | -                | 14.8           |
| 10       | Goa                      | 20.1             | 25.8             | 19.6           | 23.8             | 19.1             | 20.3            | 21.9             | 24               | 15.8           |
| 11       | Gujarat                  | 38.5             | 39               | 39.1           | 39.3             | 25.1             | 34.2            | 26.4             | 39.7             | 17             |
| 12       | Haryana                  | 34               | -                | 34.9           | 29.4             | -                | 28.8            | 21.2             | -                | 11.7           |
| 13       | Himachal Pradesh         | 26.3             | 30.8             | 28.4           | 21.2             | 17.4             | 22.6            | 13.7             | 25.5             | 11.0           |
| 14       | Jammu& Kashmir           | 27.4             | 26.9             | 15.5           | 16.6             | 19               | 13.0            | 12.1             | 21               | 15.0           |
| 15       | Jharkhand                | 45.3             | -                | 36.2           | 47.8             | -                | 42.9            | 29               | -                | 29.1           |
| 16       | Karnataka                | 36.2             | 35.4             | 32.5           | 35.2             | 19.5             | 32              | 26.1             | 32.9             | 19             |
| 17       | Kerala                   | 19.7             | 23.4             | 20.5           | 16.1             | 15.8             | 18.7            | 15.7             | 19.7             | 12.6           |
| 18       | Lakshadweep              | 26.8             | 30.5             | -              | 23.6             | 17.5             | -               | 13.7             | 20.4             | -              |
| 19       | Ladakh                   | -                | 32               | -              | -                | 17.4             | -               | -                | 25.8             | -              |
| 20       | Madhya Pradesh           | 42               | -                | 39.5           | 42.8             | -                | 38.7            | 25.8             | -                | 19.6           |
| 21       | Maharashtra              | 34.4             | 35.2             | 34.1           | 36               | 25.6             | 30.9            | 25.6             | 36.1             | 16.9           |
| 22       | Manipur                  | 28.9             | 46.5             | 28.9           | 13.8             | 12.1             | 13              | 6.8              | 26.6             | 6              |
| 23       | Meghalaya                | 43.8             | 23.4             | 40.4           | 28.9             | 9.9              | 30              | 15.3             | 13.3             | 15             |
| 24       | Mizoram                  | 28               | 28.9             | 27.4           | 12               | 9.8              | 11.3            | 6.1              | 12.7             | 5.8            |
| 25       | Nagaland                 | 28.6             | 32.7             | 26.2           | 16.8             | 19.1             | 16.3            | 11.3             | 26.9             | 12.9           |
| 26       | Orissa                   | 34.1             | -                | 29.1           | 34.4             | -                | 29.2            | 20.4             | -                | 13.9           |
| 27       | Puducherry               | 24               | -                | -              | 22.7             | -                | -               | 23.8             | -                | -              |
| 28       | Punjab                   | 25.7             | -                | 24.3           | 21.6             | -                | 19.7            | 15.6             | -                | 6.7            |
| 29       | Rajasthan                | 39.1             | -                | 36.8           | 36.7             | -                | 31.5            | 23               | -                | 14.3           |
| 30       | Sikkim                   | 29.6             | 22.3             | 21.8           | 14.2             | 13.7             | 11.0            | 14.2             | 13.1             | 7.0            |
| 31       | Tamil Nadu               | 27.1             | -                | 19.7           | 23.8             | -                | 23.5            | 19.7             | -                | 21             |
| 32       | Telangana                | 28               | 33.1             | 29.3           | 28.4             | 21.7             | 30.8            | 18.1             | 31.8             | 17.9           |
| 33       | Tripura                  | 24.3             | 32.3             | 31.9           | 24.1             | 18.2             | 23.8            | 16.8             | 25.6             | 12.8           |
| 34       | Uttar Pradesh            | 46.3             | -                | 38.8           | 39.5             | -                | 36.8            | 17.9             | -                | 18.5           |
| 35       | Uttarakhand              | 33.5             | -                | 29.9           | 26.6             | -                | 18.7            | 19.5             | -                | 5.9            |
| 36       | West Bengal              | 32.5             | 33.8             | 25.3           | 31.6             | 20.3             | 30.9            | 20.3             | 32.2             | 20.1           |
|          | INDIA                    | 38.4             | -                | 34.7           | 35.7             | -                | 33.4            | 21.0             | -                | 17             |