Lok Sabha Question No. 290 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2023-02-03
Subject: National Nutrition Mission
Ministry: WOMEN AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT
Asked by: Reddeppa Nallakonda Gari

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF WOMEN AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 290

TO BE ANSWERED ON 03.02.2023

## 'NATIONAL NUTRITION MISSION'

## 290 SHRI N. REDDEPPA

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

- (a) whether the Government is implementing National Nutrition Mission in the country;
- (b) if  so,  the  details  and  the  objectives  thereof  including  the  number  of  districts covered under the said scheme at present, State-wise;
- (c) the quantum of funds allocated and utilised under the said scheme during the last three years, State/UT-wise; and
- (d) the details of other measures being taken by the Government to strengthen the said Mission?

## ANSWER

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

(a) & (b) POSHAN Abhiyaan (erstwhile National Nutrition Mission) was launched on 8 th March 2018 with an aim to achieve improvement in nutritional status of Children under 6 years, Adolescent Girls, Pregnant Women and Lactating Mothers in a time bound manner by  adopting  a  synergised  and  result  oriented  approach.  The  programme  makes interventions by use of technology, behavioural change through convergence and laysdown  specific  targets  to  be  achieved  across  different  monitoring  parameters.  The Abhiyaan  has  been  rolled-out  in  all  States  and  UTs.  It  covers  around  735  Districts including 112 Aspirational Districts. The details are annexed at Annexure I .

The objectives of POSHAN Abhiyaan are to achieve improvement in nutritional status  of  Children  from  0-6  years,  Adolescent  Girls,  Pregnant  Women  and  Lactating Mothers in a time bound manner with fixed targets.

- (c) The State/UT wise details of funds released and utilised under POSHAN Abhiyaan during the last three years are at Annexure II.

(d) Government has accorded high priority to the issue of malnutrition and is making serious  efforts  to  address  this  issue.  The  efforts  under  the  Supplementary  Nutrition Programme under Anganwadi Services and POSHAN Abhiyaan have been rejuvenated and  converged  as  'Saksham  Anganwadi  and  POSHAN  2.0'  (Mission  Poshan  2.0).  It seeks to address the challenges of malnutrition in children, adolescent girls, pregnant women and lactating mothers through a strategic shift in nutrition content and delivery and  by  creation  of  a  convergent  eco-system  to  develop  and  promote  practices  that nurture health, wellness and immunity.

Poshan 2.0 focuses on Maternal Nutrition, Infant and Young Child Feeding Norms, Treatment  of  MAM/SAM  and  Wellness  through  AYUSH.  It  rests  on  the  pillars  of Convergence, Governance, and Capacity-building. POSHAN Abhiyaan is the key pillar for Outreach and will cover innovations related to nutritional support, ICT interventions, Media  Advocacy  and  Research,  Community  Outreach  and  Jan  Andolan.  Steps  have been  taken  to  improve  nutritional  quality  and  testing  in  accredited  labs,  strengthen delivery  and  leverage  technology  under  the  'Poshan  Tracker',  a  robust  ICT  enabled platform to improve governance with regard to real time monitoring of provisioning of supplementary nutrition for prompt supervision and management of services. Government released Streamlined Guidelines dated 13.1.2021 for greater transparency, accountability and quality in the nutrition support programme and service delivery. These guidelines emphasize on ensuring the quality of supplementary nutrition, highlights roles and  responsibilities  of  duty  holders,  IT  enabled  data  management  and  monitoring, leveraging of traditional knowledge through AYUSH and procurement and convergence for achieving good nutritional outcomes.

Under Poshan 2.0, focus is on diet diversity, food fortification, leveraging traditional systems of knowledge and popularizing use of millets. Nutrition awareness strategies under Poshan 2.0 aim to develop sustainable health and well-being through regional meal plans to bridge dietary gaps. Further, greater emphasis is being given on the use of millets for preparation of Hot Cooked Meal and Take Home rations (not raw ration) at Anganwadi centres for Pregnant Women, Lactating Mothers and Children below 6 years of age, as millets have high nutrient content which includes protein, essential fatty acid, dietary fibre, B-Vitamins, minerals such as calcium, iron, zinc, folic acid and other micro-nutrients thus helping to tackle anemia and other micro-nutrient deficiencies common among women and children.

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## Annexure I

Details of State/UT wise number of districts covered under POSHAN Abhiyaan

| State/UT                           |   Number of Districts |
|------------------------------------|-----------------------|
| Andaman & Nicobar Islands          |                     3 |
| Andhra Pradesh                     |                    13 |
| Arunachal Pradesh                  |                    26 |
| Assam                              |                    35 |
| Bihar                              |                    38 |
| Chhattisgarh                       |                    28 |
| Dadra & Nagar Haveli - Daman & Diu |                     3 |
| Delhi                              |                    11 |
| Goa                                |                     2 |
| Gujarat                            |                    33 |
| Haryana                            |                    22 |
| Himachal Pradesh                   |                    12 |
| J&K                                |                    20 |
| Jharkhand                          |                    24 |
| Karnataka                          |                    30 |
| Kerala                             |                    14 |
| Ladakh                             |                     2 |
| Lakshadweep                        |                     1 |
| Madhya Pradesh                     |                    52 |
| Maharashtra                        |                    36 |
| Manipur                            |                    16 |
| Meghalaya                          |                    11 |
| Mizoram                            |                     8 |
| Nagaland                           |                    11 |
| Odisha                             |                    30 |
| Puducherry                         |                     4 |
| Punjab                             |                    22 |
| Rajasthan                          |                    33 |
| Sikkim                             |                     4 |
| Tamil Nadu                         |                    38 |
| Telangana                          |                    33 |
| Tripura                            |                     8 |
| UT-Chandigarh                      |                     1 |
| Uttar Pradesh                      |                    75 |
| Uttarakhand                        |                    13 |
| West Bengal                        |                    23 |
| Grand Total                        |                   735 |

Annexure II State-wise statement of funds released and utilization under POSHAN Abhiyaan during the last three years (as on 31.03.2022)

## Amount in ₹lakhs

|   Sl. | States/UTs                   |   Central Funds released in 2019-20 |   Central Funds released in 2020-21 |   Central Funds released in 2021- 22 |   Total Central Funds released till 31.03.2022 |   Total Central Funds utilised as on 31.03.2022 |
|-------|------------------------------|-------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|--------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------|
|     1 | A & N ISLANDS                |                              307.62 |                             100     |                               518.98 |                                       1343.49  |                                          413.54 |
|     2 | ANDHRA PRADESH               |                            13296.5  |                             889.71  |                                 0    |                                      25363.3   |                                        17560.8  |
|     3 | ARUNACHAL PRADESH            |                             1006.62 |                              99.6   |                                 0    |                                       2815.88  |                                         1064.21 |
|     4 | ASSAM                        |                            14171    |                             987.04  |                                 0    |                                      32948.7   |                                        21276.3  |
|     5 | BIHAR                        |                            25465    |                            1835.48  |                                 0    |                                      49365.6   |                                        30678.4  |
|     6 | CHANDIGARH                   |                              353    |                             107.2   |                               122.66 |                                        890.04  |                                          573.96 |
|     7 | CHHATTISGARH                 |                                0    |                             839.58  |                                 0    |                                      11434.5   |                                         7303.88 |
|     8 | D & N HAVELI and DAMAN & DIU |                              878.14 |                               0     |                                 0    |                                       1196.11  |                                          769.67 |
|     9 | DELHI                        |                                0    |                             174.35  |                                 0    |                                       3327.18  |                                         2549.6  |
|    10 | GOA                          |                                0    |                              20.19  |                                 0    |                                        456.04  |                                          249.13 |
|    11 | GUJARAT                      |                            14863    |                               0     |                                 0    |                                      29127.7   |                                        22074.1  |
|    12 | HARYANA                      |                                0    |                             415.39  |                                 0    |                                       6808.82  |                                         5790.88 |
|    13 | HIMACHAL PRADESH             |                                0    |                               0     |                                 0    |                                      10895.4   |                                         7711.43 |
|    14 | JAMMU & KASHMIR              |                             1238.29 |                             492.24  |                                 0    |                                       9224.35  |                                         9160.82 |
|    15 | JHARKHAND                    |                                0    |                               0     |                                 0    |                                       6665.8   |                                         5467.55 |
|    16 | KARNATAKA                    |                             7967.39 |                            1054.58  |                                 0    |                                      14276.5   |                                        13221.9  |
|    17 | KERALA                       |                                0    |                            2679.61  |                                 0    |                                      10444.9   |                                         7474.28 |
|    18 | LADAKH                       |                                0    |                             118.768 |                                 0    |                                        118.768 |                                            9.94 |
|    19 | LAKSHADWEEP                  |                              126.75 |                             100     |                                 0    |                                        425.65  |                                          356.05 |
|    20 | MADHYA PRADESH               |                                0    |                            1554.16  |                                 0    |                                      39398.5   |                                        20087.8  |

| 21    | MAHARASHTRA   |   33061.47 |   1767.776 |        0 |   60810.846 |   43714.39 |
|-------|---------------|------------|------------|----------|-------------|------------|
| 22    | MANIPUR       |       0    |    184.16  |     0    |     4389.99 |    3714.79 |
| 23    | MEGHALAYA     |    2802.8  |     94.336 |     0    |     5073.39 |    5073.39 |
| 24    | MIZORAM       |    1498    |      0     |   753.48 |     3328.51 |    2575.03 |
| 25    | NAGALAND      |    2298.17 |   1550.11  |   360.12 |     5624.11 |    5263.99 |
| 26    | ODISHA        |       0    |      0     | 12842.4  |    28014.5  |   15172.1  |
| 27    | PUDUCHERRY    |     497    |     13.68  |     0    |      943.62 |     264.58 |
| 28    | PUNJAB        |       0    |      0     |     0    |     6909.84 |      30.24 |
| 29    | RAJASTHAN     |    8941    |      0     |     0    |    22904.2  |   12258.1  |
| 30    | SIKKIM        |     923    |     20.928 |     0    |     1370.99 |    1370.99 |
| 31    | TAMIL NADU    |   11509    |      0     |     0    |    25060.4  |   21879.4  |
| 32    | TELANGANA     |    7003    |    571.2   |     0    |    17906.8  |   15786.9  |
| 33    | TRIPURA       |       0    |    162.32  |     0    |     4135.95 |    3774.79 |
| 34    | UTTAR PRADESH |   16166    |   2779.49  |     0    |    56969    |   41834.8  |
| 35    | UTTARAKHAND   |    7086    |    321.07  |     0    |    13574.9  |   10769.9  |
| 36    | WEST BENGAL   |       0    |   1911.7   |     0    |    26751.1  |       0    |
| Total | Total         |  171459    |  20844.7   | 14597.6  |   540295    |  357278    |

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