Lok Sabha Question No. 3812 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2023-08-11
Subject: Impact of Poshan Programme
Ministry: WOMEN AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT
Asked by: Badruddin Ajmal

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF WOMEN AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 3812

TO BE ANSWERED ON 11.08.2023

## IMPACT OF POSHAN PROGRAMME

## 3812   SHIR M. BADRUDDIN AJMAL:

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

- (a) the objectives and purpose of the 'Poshan 2.0' programme being implemented by the Government and its impact realised on the society, so far;
- (b) the challenges being faced and addressed under the scheme and the main area of the focus along with detail of the strategy and guidelines for its implementation and overcome the challenges;
- (c) the fund allocated and utilized for the scheme during the last three years, year and State-wise; and
- (d) whether Government has taken initiatives to make people aware of the scheme especially in rural areas to avail the benefit from the scheme?

## ANSWER

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

- (a) Mission Saksham Anganwadi and Poshan 2.0 (henceforth 'Mission Poshan 2.0') is an Integrated Nutrition Support Programme that was launched in 2021 for all the States/UTs to address the challenging situation of malnutrition in children, adolescent girls, pregnant women, and lactating mothers. The mission aims at developing India's human capital and integrates three existing schemes (Anganwadi Services, Poshan Abhiyaan  and  Scheme  for  Adolescent  Girls),  adopting  a  lifecycle  approach  to malnutrition reduction. Under the programme, 13.9 lakh Anganwadi Centres (AWCs) are  covered  that  caters  to  around 10.11  crore  beneficiaries (pregnant  women, lactating mothers and children up to 6 years). Moreover, close to 22.87 lakh adolescent girls  (14-18  years)  from  North  east  and  Aspirational  districts  are  registered  on  the Poshan Tracker application as part of the Scheme for Adolescent Girls. Also, 93.97% of beneficiaries have been Aadhar verified to ensure last mile tracking and delivery of services.
- (b) With a view to address various gaps and shortcomings in the on-going nutrition programme and to improve implementation as well as to accelerate improvement in nutrition and child development outcomes, the existing scheme components have been re-organized  under  Poshan  2.0.  It  shifts  focus  from  calorific  sufficiency  alone  to practices that nurture health, wellness and immunity. It focuses on Infant and young child feeding practices (including breastfeeding and complementary nutrition),

Maternal and adolescent nutrition, Treatment of malnourished children or children with Severe Acute Malnutrition (SAM)/Moderate Acute Malnutrition (MAM), and Promotion of AYUSH practices.

Poshan 2.0 has four key strategies :

-  Communication Strategies for Behaviour Change and local participation
-  Nutrition awareness strategies
-  Corrective strategies addressing nutrition-related deficiencies
-  Strategies to create Green Eco-systems

For ensuring effective implementation and smooth operationalisation of Poshan 2.0, the Ministry has issued Operational Guidelines to all the States/UTs on 01.08. 2022. Moreover, streamlined guidelines were also issued for transparency and accountability in delivery of supplementary nutrition and to track nutritional outcomes on 13.01.2021. Poshan Tracker an IT application was rolled out on 1 st  March 2021 to monitor near realtime  progress  under  Mission  Poshan  2.0.  Technology  under  the  Poshan  Tracker  is being  leveraged  for  dynamic  identification  of  stunting,  wasting  and  underweight prevalence among children and last mile tracking of nutrition service delivery. Poshan Tracker enables near real-time monitoring on defined indicators

- (c) The details of funds released and utilised under Poshan 2.0 during the last three years are given at Annexure I and II.

(d) Under  Poshan  2.0,  one  of  the  major  activities  undertaken  is  Community Mobilization and Awareness Advocacy leading to Jan Andolan to educate the people on nutritional aspects. Community Based Events or CBEs have served as a significant strategy in changing nutrition practices. CBEs help to celebrate critical milestones in the life of pregnant women and children below two years of age and to disseminate critical information on inter alia, right time to ensure complementary feeding and appropriate complementary  feeding  with  diet  diversity.  Close  to 3.70  crore Community  Based Events have been held so far.

IEC material in the form of videos, pamphlets, flyers etc in regional languages have been developed around the critical themes. At the national level, Rashtriya Poshan Maah is  celebrated  in  the  month  of  September  across  the  country  while Poshan Pakhwada is  celebrated  in  March.  Over  the  years,  themes  have  included  overall nutrition,  hygiene,  water  and  sanitation,  anemia  prevention,  importance  of  breastfeeding, complementary feeding etc. During the recently held Poshan Pakhwada 2023, the  focus  was  especially  on  Promotion  and  popularization  of  Shree  Anna/Millets, Celebration of Swasth Balak Spardha, Popularize Saksham Anganwadis. Around 4.89 crore sensitisation activities have been held during Pakhwada 2023. In the last Poshan Maah  2022,  the  focus  was  especially  on  triggering  Gram  Panchayats  to  serve  as platforms  for  dissemination  and  awareness  generation  on  nutrition  and  good  health wherein around 17.57 crore activities were held.

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## Funds released and Utilised by the States/UTs under SNP

Annexure I

Rs. in lakh

| State/UT                        | SNP (2020-21 to 2022-23)   | SNP (2020-21 to 2022-23)   |
|---------------------------------|----------------------------|----------------------------|
|                                 | Funds released             | Funds utilised             |
| ANDHRA PRADESH                  | 116041.63                  | 79364.08                   |
| BIHAR                           | 269170.41                  | 184681.13                  |
| CHHATTISGARH                    | 77814.31                   | 50475.47                   |
| GOA                             | 1987.5                     | 1301.77                    |
| GUJARAT                         | 145820.92                  | 95294.45                   |
| HARYANA                         | 16791.57                   | 14233.25                   |
| JHARKHAND                       | 60276.43                   | 19397.33                   |
| KARNATAKA                       | 157204.2                   | 119679.19                  |
| KERALA                          | 52962.65                   | 36016.23                   |
| MADHYA PRADESH                  | 181892.47                  | 110751.54                  |
| MAHARASHTRA                     | 273746.53                  | 185093.09                  |
| ODISHA                          | 144694.96                  | 95934.92                   |
| PUNJAB                          | 15439.91                   | 10068.31                   |
| RAJASTHAN                       | 129089.74                  | 80127.35                   |
| TAMIL NADU                      | 113718.47                  | 76981.63                   |
| TELANGANA                       | 74632.04                   | 50916.98                   |
| UTTAR PRADESH                   | 467075.95                  | 241997.15                  |
| WEST BENGAL                     | 164184.67                  | 111306.57                  |
| DELHI                           | 22706.41                   | 14235.23                   |
| PUDUCHERRY                      | 0                          | 605.65                     |
| HIMACHAL PRADESH                | 17856.58                   | 12597.45                   |
| JAMMU & KASHMIR                 | 15035.11                   | 8088.33                    |
| UTTARAKHAND                     | 46288.1                    | 31011.62                   |
| ANDAMAN & NICOBAR               | 609.65                     | 639.81                     |
| CHANDIGARH                      | 3664.39                    | 2114.17                    |
| D. & NAGAR HAVELI & DAMAN & DIU | 1265.42                    | 816.27                     |
| LADAKH                          | 1454.06                    | 831.35                     |
| LAKSHADWEEP                     | 280.15                     | 262.29                     |
| ARUNACHAL PRADESH               | 12215.37                   | 7613.07                    |
| ASSAM                           | 213002.1                   | 143139.04                  |
| MANIPUR                         | 20355.8                    | 14485.41                   |
| MEGHALAYA                       | 34237.33                   | 22574.67                   |
| MIZORAM                         | 5295.04                    | 4125.65                    |
| NAGALAND                        | 25383.82                   | 16465.79                   |
| SIKKIM                          | 872.4                      | 1009.44                    |
| TRIPURA                         | 19007.72                   | 13140.04                   |
| TOTAL                           | 2902073.81                 | 1857375.72                 |

## Funds released and Utilised under POSHAN Abhiyaan

## Annexure II

Rs. In lakh

| State/UT                     | POSHAN Abhiyaan                     | POSHAN Abhiyaan                 |
|------------------------------|-------------------------------------|---------------------------------|
| State/UT                     | Funds released (2020-21 to 2022-23) | Funds utilised as on 31.03.2023 |
| A & N ISLANDS                | 666.42                              | 413.54                          |
| ANDHRA PRADESH               | 3597.4                              | 17560.81                        |
| ARUNACHAL PRADESH            | 114.3                               | 1064.21                         |
| ASSAM                        | 1021.54                             | 28032.7                         |
| BIHAR                        | 5752.24                             | 48380.32                        |
| CHANDIGARH                   | 379.07                              | 785.38                          |
| CHHATTISGARH                 | 872.58                              | 10222.43                        |
| D & N HAVELI and DAMAN & DIU | 18.22                               | 918.69                          |
| DELHI                        | 188.6                               | 3147.94                         |
| GOA                          | 21.84                               | 331.65                          |
| GUJARAT                      | 50.4                                | 29606.42                        |
| HARYANA                      | 437.59                              | 6664.26                         |
| HIMACHAL PRADESH             | 194.38                              | 9176.74                         |
| JAMMU & KASHMIR              | 511.44                              | 9160.82                         |
| JHARKHAND                    | 33.6                                | 5467.55                         |
| KARNATAKA                    | 2801.18                             | 13221.94                        |
| KERALA                       | 4737.31                             | 10400.8                         |
| LADAKH                       | 20.71                               | 9.94                            |
| LAKSHADWEEP                  | 101.35                              | 356.05                          |
| MADHYA PRADESH               | 3737.95                             | 20087.83                        |
| MAHARASHTRA                  | 1850.72                             | 43714.39                        |
| MANIPUR                      | 190.61                              | 3714.79                         |
| MEGHALAYA                    | 524.99                              | 5073.38                         |
| MIZORAM                      | 753.48                              | 3212.43                         |
| NAGALAND                     | 4250.79                             | 5263.99                         |
| ODISHA                       | 12893.05                            | 25009.22                        |
| PUDUCHERRY                   | 14.43                               | 361.22                          |
| PUNJAB                       | 23.25                               | 5969.64                         |
| RAJASTHAN                    | 1064.28                             | 23227.86                        |
| SIKKIM                       | 20.92                               | 1370.99                         |
| TAMIL NADU                   | 11787.6                             | 21879.36                        |
| TELANGANA                    | 2307.15                             | 21495.19                        |
| TRIPURA                      | 259.64                              | 3774.79                         |
| UTTAR PRADESH                | 2914.04                             | 50652.81                        |
| UTTARAKHAND                  | 1264.16                             | 12684.11                        |
| WEST BENGAL                  | 1998.1                              | 0                               |
| Total                        | 67375.33                            | 442414.19                       |

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