Lok Sabha Question No. 2207 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2022-07-29
Subject: Study on Malnutrition
Ministry: WOMEN AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT
Asked by: P. Ravindhranath

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF WOMEN AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT

## LOK SABHA UN-STARRED QUESTION NO. 2207

TO BE ANSWERED ON 29.07.2022

## 'INTEGRATED NUTRITION SUPPORT PROGRAMME'

## 2207    SHRI P RAVINDHRANATH:

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

- (a) the  number  of  beneficiaries  covered  under  the  Integrated  Nutrition  Support Programme and mission Poshan since the inception of this scheme in the State of Tamil Nadu;
- (b) whether the Government has also constituted monitoring mechanism to ensure the  benefits  of  this  scheme,  to  address  the  challenges  of  malnutrition  among children  and  women,  especially  in  rural  and  tribal  areas  reaches  the  targetted beneficiaries; and
- (c) if  so,  the  details  thereof  and  the  financial  allocation  made  by  the  Government since the inception of this scheme?

## ANSWER

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

(a) Under Saksham Anganwadi and Poshan 2.0,  the existing number of beneficiaries covered in the State of Tamil Nadu is around 34,81,133 comprising 7,62,155 Pregnant &  Lactating  Mothers  (P&LM),  18,99,056  Children  (6  months-3  years)  and  8,19,922 Children (3-6 years).

(b) A robust ICT enabled platform named as 'Poshan Tracker' has been launched to facilitate  the  monitoring  of  the  activities  of  the  Anganwadi  Centre  (AWC),  service deliveries  under  the  Program   and  beneficiary  management  for  pregnant  women, lactating mothers and children. The application aims to improve governance with regard to monitoring and provisioning of supplementary nutrition for prompt supervisions and management of services.  For  the  first  time,  Anganwadi  workers  have  been  provided with  11.30  lakh  smart  phones.  Besides,  to  promote  regular  growth  monitoring  11.94 lakh Growth Monitoring Devices (Infantometer, Stadiometer, Weighing Scale for Infants and Weighing Scale for MOther and Child) have been procured by States/UTs under the Abhiyaan.

Further,  Streamlining  Guidelines  on  Quality  Assurance,  Roles  and  Responsibilities  of Duty  Holders,  procedure  for  procurement,  integrating  AYUSH  concepts  and  Data Management and Monitoring through 'Poshan Tracker' for transparency, efficiency and accountability  in  delivery  of  Supplementary  Nutrition   were  issued  on  13 th January

2021.  Under these Guidelines, the District Magistrate is the Nodal Point in the district for  monitoring  nutritional  status  and  quality  standards.  The  DM/Collector  shall  chair, supervise and monitor the activities of the District Nutrition Committee. Further, at the State Level, Chief Secretary of the States/UTs shall coordinate the activities of various departments through a State Level Steering Committee to ensure effective convergence  between  various  schemes/programs  having  bearing  on  nutrition  and review the progress made regarding nutritional indicators on regular basis. The program also provides for involvement of village communities, Mothers Groups, and Panchayati Raj institutions to bring  forth community ownership and encourage accountability.

(c) State/UT-wise  statement  of  funds  allocated  under  POSHAN  Abhiyaan  (as  on 31.03.2022) is at Annexure-I .

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29.07.2022.

|   Sl. | States/UTs                   |   Total Central Funds released till 31.03.2022 |
|-------|------------------------------|------------------------------------------------|
|     1 | A & N ISLANDS                |                                       1343.49  |
|     2 | ANDHRA PRADESH               |                                      25363.3   |
|     3 | ARUNACHAL PRADESH            |                                       2815.88  |
|     4 | ASSAM                        |                                      32948.7   |
|     5 | BIHAR                        |                                      49365.6   |
|     6 | CHANDIGARH                   |                                        890.04  |
|     7 | CHHATTISGARH                 |                                      11434.5   |
|     8 | D & N HAVELI and DAMAN & DIU |                                       1196.11  |
|     9 | DELHI                        |                                       3327.18  |
|    10 | GOA                          |                                        456.04  |
|    11 | GUJARAT                      |                                      29127.7   |
|    12 | HARYANA                      |                                       6808.82  |
|    13 | HIMACHAL PRADESH             |                                      10895.4   |
|    14 | JAMMU & KASHMIR              |                                       9224.35  |
|    15 | JHARKHAND                    |                                       6665.8   |
|    16 | KARNATAKA                    |                                      14276.5   |
|    17 | KERALA                       |                                      10444.9   |
|    18 | LADAKH                       |                                        118.768 |
|    19 | LAKSHADWEEP                  |                                        425.65  |

Annexure - I

No.2207

dated

Amount in ₹ lakh

| 20    | MADHYA PRADESH   |   39398.53 |
|-------|------------------|------------|
| 21    | MAHARASHTRA      |   60810.8  |
| 22    | MANIPUR          |    4389.99 |
| 23    | MEGHALAYA        |    5073.39 |
| 24    | MIZORAM          |    3328.51 |
| 25    | NAGALAND         |    5624.11 |
| 26    | ODISHA           |   28014.5  |
| 27    | PUDUCHERRY       |     943.62 |
| 28    | PUNJAB           |    6909.84 |
| 29    | RAJASTHAN        |   22904.2  |
| 30    | SIKKIM           |    1370.99 |
| 31    | TAMIL NADU       |   25060.4  |
| 32    | TELANGANA        |   17906.8  |
| 33    | TRIPURA          |    4135.95 |
| 34    | UTTAR PRADESH    |   56969    |
| 35    | UTTARAKHAND      |   13574.9  |
| 36    | WEST BENGAL      |   26751.1  |
| Total | Total            |  540295    |