Lok Sabha Question No. 4073 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2023-03-24
Subject: Criteria for Selection under POSHAN Abhiyan
Ministry: WOMEN AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT
Asked by: Bhagirath Chaudhary

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF WOMEN & CHILD DEVELOPMENT

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 4073 TO BE ANSWERED ON 24.03.2023

## CRITERIA FOR SELECTION UNDER POSHAN ABHIYAN

4073.  SHRI BHAGIRATH CHOUDHARY:

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

- (a) the date on which Prime Minister's Overarching Scheme for Holistic Nutrition (POSHAN) was launched and the process of selection of beneficiaries under the said scheme;
- (b) whether any criteria has been set for selection of beneficiaries under the said scheme
- (c) if so, the details thereof;
- (d) the number of eligible persons benefitted by the said scheme in the country from its launch till December, 2022, State-wise and year-wise; and
- (e) the number of beneficiaries under the said scheme in Rajasthan from 2019-20 to 2023-24 and the amount provided to the beneficiaries, year-wise and district-wise?

## ANSWER

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

(a) to (c ) POSHAN Abhiyaan, a flagship scheme of the Government was launched in 2018 to address the challenges of malnutrition by adopting a synergised and result oriented approach. The Abhiyaan has been rolled-out in all States and UTs. POSHAN Abhiyaan was launched to achieve improvement in nutritional status of Children from 0-6 years, Adolescent Girls, Pregnant Women and Lactating Mothers, in a time bound manner.

Poshan Abhiyan has been re-aligned as part of Mission Saksham Anganwadi and Poshan 2.0 (Mission Poshan 2.0) in the 15 th  Finance Commission period. It seeks to address the challenge of child malnutrition and maternal under-nutrition through a strategic shift in nutrition content and delivery and create conditions and a convergent eco-system to develop practices that nurture health, wellness and immunity.

The Scheme is a universal self-selecting scheme, open to all eligible beneficiaries, namely, pregnant women, lactating mothers, children under the age of 6 years and Adolescent Girls (14-18, in North Eastern States and Aspirational Districts) registered at  the  nearest  Anganwadi  Centre  on  demand,  irrespective  of  caste,  religion  and income criteria.

(d)  Service  delivery  under  Mission  Poshan  2.0  is  monitored  through  the  ICT application,  Poshan  Tracker,  which  was  launched  in  March  2021.  State/UT-wise beneficiaries  as  on  December 2022 under POSHAN Scheme in the country    is at

Annexure I. (e) The number of beneficiaries district-wise under POSHAN Scheme in the State of Poshan Abhiyan is a Centrally Sponsored Scheme, with the implementation being carried out by State Governments. Under the scheme, funds are released to the State Government at a cost sharing ratio of 60:40. Since the launch of the Scheme, Rs. 22904.21 lakh have been released to

Rajasthan as on February, 2023 is at Annexure II. the State of Rajasthan

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Annexure I State-wise Beneficiaries as on December, 2022

| STATE/UT                  |   Total_0m_6 m |   Total_6m_3 y y |   Total_3y_6 en |   Total_Pregnant_Wom |   Total_Lactating_Mothe rs |
|---------------------------|----------------|------------------|-----------------|----------------------|----------------------------|
| Andaman & Nicobar Islands |            773 |             8366 |            4740 |                 1009 |                        745 |
| Andhra Pradesh            |         120040 |          1238128 |         1085888 |               261631 |                     149431 |
| Arunachal Pradesh         |           1667 |            22897 |           28050 |                 2629 |                       1428 |
| Assam                     |         164918 |          1330676 |         1714250 |               236113 |                     149230 |
| Bihar                     |         325892 |          3880958 |         5039345 |               735783 |                     400057 |
| Chhattisgarh              |          67692 |          1029725 |         1138477 |               197828 |                      77557 |
| Dadra & Nagar             |           3244 |            13374 |            9480 |                 4458 |                       3245 |
| Daman & Diu Delhi         |          57713 |           350715 |          214661 |                52583 |                      57520 |
| Goa                       |           4643 |            34502 |           23113 |                 5243 |                       5127 |
| Gujarat                   |         261179 |          1525248 |         1598365 |               280267 |                     262346 |
| Haryana                   |          95387 |           709273 |          912246 |               135453 |                     135347 |
| Himachal Pradesh          |          35668 |           218697 |          200851 |                40368 |                      37157 |
| J&K                       |          25716 |           323125 |          361565 |                51446 |                      47180 |
| Jharkhand                 |         156195 |          1460406 |         1571887 |               272891 |                     168645 |
| Karnataka                 |         177770 |          1848644 |         1723939 |               391018 |                     205736 |
| Kerala                    |         142977 |           865271 |         1092072 |               173916 |                     150482 |
| Ladakh                    |            837 |             8028 |            8903 |                  958 |                       1009 |
| Lakshadwee                |            497 |             3425 |            1636 |                  574 |                        447 |
| p Madhya Pradesh          |         212957 |          2953677 |         3451150 |               546520 |                     246102 |
| Maharashtra               |         313790 |          2522652 |         3626267 |               374813 |                     334271 |
| Manipur                   |          11942 |           112041 |          153595 |                15998 |                      11351 |
| Meghalaya                 |          21554 |           161220 |          231078 |                17715 |                      19123 |
| Mizoram                   |           4794 |            47124 |           57284 |                 8488 |                       4670 |
| Nagaland                  |            543 |            20736 |           42756 |                  680 |                        497 |
| Odisha                    |         168771 |          1593115 |         1843918 |               320508 |                     174824 |
| Puducherry                |           2287 |            21541 |           10416 |                 3054 |                       2795 |
| Punjab                    |          36226 |           543543 |          387790 |               104402 |                      49658 |
| Rajasthan                 |         225424 |          2123259 |         1724302 |               474527 |                     329852 |
| Sikkim                    |           1871 |            13285 |           16739 |                 1994 |                       1975 |
| Tamil Nadu                |         297292 |          1761668 |         1210104 |               345310 |                     302801 |
| Telangana                 |         125149 |           943390 |          800992 |               204224 |                     127431 |
| Tripura                   |          16012 |           133359 |          169331 |                26702 |                      16311 |
| UT- Chandigarh            |           3796 |            18996 |           23301 |                 3522 |                       3749 |
| Uttar Pradesh             |        1081733 |          9059177 |         7665205 |              1978603 |                    1320585 |
| Uttarakhand               |          36583 |           383139 |          280421 |                73586 |                      50790 |
| West Bengal               |         392302 |          3349660 |         4115817 |               695401 |                     391966 |
| Total                     |        4595834 |         40633040 |        42539934 |              8040215 |                    5241440 |

## District-wise Beneficiaries in Rajasthan as on February, 2023

| State     | District       |   Total children (0m-6m) |   Total children (6m-3y) |   Total children (3y-6y) |   Total pregnant woman |   Total lactating mother |
|-----------|----------------|--------------------------|--------------------------|--------------------------|------------------------|--------------------------|
| Rajasthan | Ajmer          |                     8675 |                    53803 |                    42881 |                  10867 |                    11355 |
| Rajasthan | Alwar          |                    17643 |                   135322 |                    94544 |                  22046 |                    21734 |
| Rajasthan | Banswara       |                     6793 |                    85131 |                    74878 |                  12520 |                    10246 |
| Rajasthan | Baran          |                     8443 |                    50536 |                    44050 |                  10014 |                     8608 |
| Rajasthan | Barmer         |                     7809 |                   103746 |                   131157 |                  15759 |                    13438 |
| Rajasthan | Bharatpur      |                     7086 |                    86657 |                    64336 |                  15064 |                    12955 |
| Rajasthan | Bhilwara       |                    11862 |                    84133 |                    59259 |                  15369 |                    14937 |
| Rajasthan | Bikaner        |                     3269 |                    55417 |                    45769 |                   9194 |                     8226 |
| Rajasthan | Bundi          |                     6840 |                    41336 |                    32297 |                   8117 |                     8142 |
| Rajasthan | Chittorgarh    |                     5707 |                    50214 |                    43821 |                   7975 |                     7245 |
| Rajasthan | Churu          |                     8674 |                    67745 |                    45485 |                  10228 |                    10937 |
| Rajasthan | Dausa          |                     6064 |                    55551 |                    42272 |                   9358 |                     7935 |
| Rajasthan | Dholpur        |                     5528 |                    47963 |                    39115 |                   9527 |                     8451 |
| Rajasthan | Dungarpur      |                     5776 |                    60114 |                    51394 |                   9781 |                     8583 |
| Rajasthan | Hanumangarh    |                     8292 |                    55298 |                    33023 |                   9312 |                     9582 |
| Rajasthan | Jaipur         |                    14380 |                   110395 |                    72137 |                  19921 |                    21523 |
| Rajasthan | Jaisalmer      |                     1175 |                    19080 |                    26502 |                   2868 |                     2385 |
| Rajasthan | Jalore         |                     1954 |                    52463 |                    61166 |                   7164 |                     5518 |
| Rajasthan | Jhalawar       |                     6584 |                    52461 |                    49462 |                   9873 |                     8676 |
| Rajasthan | Jhunjhunu      |                     7038 |                    57006 |                    26577 |                   9760 |                     9825 |
| Rajasthan | Jodhpur        |                    11707 |                    89404 |                    84465 |                  13520 |                    14523 |
| Rajasthan | Karouli        |                     2662 |                    55578 |                    61808 |                   8590 |                     6369 |
| Rajasthan | Kota           |                     6710 |                    39616 |                    31746 |                   7822 |                     8106 |
| Rajasthan | Nagaur         |                    11851 |                    98037 |                    74342 |                  15930 |                    15856 |
| Rajasthan | Pali           |                     8350 |                    68112 |                    47680 |                  12961 |                    12937 |
| Rajasthan | Pratapgarh     |                     2073 |                    34692 |                    40252 |                   4859 |                     3325 |
| Rajasthan | Rajsamand      |                     4073 |                    36926 |                    26543 |                   6508 |                     5967 |
| Rajasthan | Sawai Madhopur |                     6027 |                    47844 |                    35725 |                   8993 |                     8054 |
| Rajasthan | Sikar          |                     8584 |                    68820 |                    36437 |                  11536 |                    10999 |
| Rajasthan | Sirohi         |                     4990 |                    40546 |                    32177 |                   6403 |                     6028 |
| Rajasthan | Sri Ganganagar |                     8842 |                    56065 |                    34596 |                  10163 |                    10533 |
| Rajasthan | Tonk           |                     5745 |                    48113 |                    40410 |                   8187 |                     7537 |
| Rajasthan | Udaipur        |                    12915 |                   110144 |                    88693 |                  18633 |                    17541 |
| Total     |                |                   244121 |                  2118268 |                  1714999 |                 358822 |                   338076 |

## Annexure II