Lok Sabha Question No. 259 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2023-02-03
Subject: POSHAN Maah
Ministry: WOMEN AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT
Asked by: P.P. Chaudhary

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF WOMEN AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 259

TO BE ANSWERED ON 03.02.2023

## 'POSHAN MAAH'

- 259      SHRI P.P. CHAUDHARY:

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

- (a) the details of implementation status of POSHAN Abhiyan, State-wise including Rajasthan;
- (b) whether the POSHAN Maah celebrated in the month of September 2022 was able to achieve its intended target, if so, the details thereof and if not, the reasons therefor; and
- (c) whether the ministry has details of total number of beneficiaries under the scheme, if so, the details thereof and if not, reasons therefor?

## ANSWER

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

- (a) All the States/UTs including the state of Rajasthan are implementing the POSHAN Abhiyaan scheme targeted at children, pregnant women and lactating mothers.

(b) The  5 th  Rashtriya  Poshan  Maah  2022  conducted  in  the  month  of  September  witnessed approximately 17 crore Jan Andolan based activities throughout the country. During Poshan Maah, the  Gram  Panchayat  was  the  focal  point  of  all  activities.  The  Gram  Panchayat  triggered  its committees for conducting various activities during Poshan Maah as per the key themes. Under the  theme  'Mahila  aur  Swasthya ', important  activities  conducted  across  the  country  included anemia screening and awareness campaigns (approximately 32 lakhs), ante natal check up camps (approx 11 lakhs), awareness campaigns on menstrual hygiene ( approx 7 lakhs), activities on hand wash and sanitation ( approx 41 lakhs) etc.

Under the other key theme, 'Bachcha aur Shiksha- Poshan Bhi, Padhai Bhi', close to 81 lakh activities were conducted focusing on early childhood care and education.  Further, after the successful activities witnessed in Poshan Pakhwada 2022 under the themes 'Gender Sensitive Awareness  on  Water  Conservation  and  Management'  in  Anganwadi  Centres  and  'Focus  on Traditional foods in Tribal Areas', activities under these key themes continued in Poshan Maah 2022 as well. Close to 43 lakh activities on the theme of Gender Sensitive Water Management and Conservation  through  workshops,  seminars  and  drives  for  identifying  Anganwadi  Centres  for installing rainwater harvesting structures were carried out.

During  Poshan  Maah,  'Swastha  Balak  Spardha'  to  celebrate  the  'Healthy  Child'  was successfully celebrated in the States of Assam, Maharashtra, Uttar Pradesh and Madhya Pradesh.

## (c)   Category wise beneficiaries registered on Poshan Tracker as on 31.12.2022

| Total Beneficiaries   | Lactating Mothers   | Pregnant Women   | Children 0-6M   | Children 6M- 3Y   | Children 3-6Y   |
|-----------------------|---------------------|------------------|-----------------|-------------------|-----------------|
| 10,10,50,463          | 52,41,440           | 80,40,215        | 45,95,834       | 4,06,33,040       | 4,25,39,934     |

Also, beneficiaries are being Aadhar seeded to ensure last mile tracking and delivery of services.  As  on  date,  88.15%  of  beneficiaries  registered  on  the  Poshan  Tracker  have  been successfully Aadhar verified.