Lok Sabha Question No. 1486 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2023-07-28
Subject: Nutritious Food to Mothers
Ministry: WOMEN AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT
Asked by: Sanjay Seth

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF WOMEN AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED  QUESTION NO. 1486

TO BE ANSWERED ON 28.07.2023

## NUTRITIOUS FOOD TO MOTHERS

## 1486  SHRI SANJAY SETH:

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

- (a) whether Government has made any provision to provide Nutritious and Special Supplementary food to pregnant and lactating mothers to take care of their health;
- (b) if so, the amount of funds released for the said purpose during the last three years, State-wise including Jharkhand;
- (c) the amount of funds provided to the State of Jharkhand; and
- (d) the number of beneficiaries in Jharkhand, district-wise?

## ANSWER

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

- (a) Food grains are distributed to Pregnant women and Lactating Mothers under the Anganwadi Services in the form of Take Home Ration as per nutritional standards mentioned in the table below to meet gap between average diet and required intake:-

| Category                             | Type of Meal     |   Calories | Protein   |
|--------------------------------------|------------------|------------|-----------|
| Pregnant women and Lactating mothers | Take Home Ration |        600 | 18-20     |

Under the revised nutrition norms, in addition to energy and protein, recommendations have also been given for 7 essential micronutrients (calcium, zinc, iron, dietary folate, Vitamin A, Vitamin B6 and Vitamin B12. Further, considering the nutritional quality of Millets,  MWCD  has  advised  all  States/UTs  to  incorporate  millets  in  the  recipes  to enhance the nutritional quality of the meal provided under Supplementary Nutrition programme of Anganwadi Services. Under Guidelines for Mission Poshan 2.0, it has been advised to mandatorily incorporate millets in Supplementary Nutrition at least once a week. Further,  under  Mission  Poshan  2.0,  only  fortified  rice  is  allocated  to States/UTs.

- (b) to (c) The State/UT wise amount of funds released for supplementary nutrition under the Anganwadi services including the state of Jharkhand is at Annexure I.
- (d) The  district  wise  number  of  beneficiaries  in  the  state  of  Jharkhand  is  at Annexure II.

## Annexure I

| State/UTs         | SNP      |
|-------------------|----------|
| 1ANDHRA PRADESH   | 38268.02 |
| 2BIHAR            | 88368.99 |
| 3CHHATTISGARH     | 26771.73 |
| 4GOA              | 440.88   |
| 5GUJARAT          | 50526.47 |
| 6HARYANA          | 5919.04  |
| 7JHARKHAND        | 17595.38 |
| 8KARNATAKA        | 58102.1  |
| 9KERALA           | 19083.19 |
| 10MADHYA          | 55338.77 |
| PRADESH           |          |
| 11MAHARASHTRA     | 105239.3 |
| 12ODISHA          | 49454.24 |
| 13PUNJAB          | 4530.36  |
| 14RAJASTHAN       | 31399.25 |
| 15TAMIL NADU      | 36337.1  |
| 16TELANGANA       | 24680.58 |
| 17UTTAR PRADESH   | 139063.6 |
| 18WEST BENGAL     | 32924.1  |
| 19DELHI           | 7825.24  |
| 20PUDUCHERRY      | 0        |
| 21HIMACHAL        | 5766.4   |
| 22JAMMU & KASHMIR | 3458.83  |
| 23UTTARAKHAND     | 15276.48 |

| 24ANDAMAN & NICOBAR               | 24ANDAMAN & NICOBAR               |    203.22 |
|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|-----------|
| 25CHANDIGARH                      | 25CHANDIGARH                      |    702.83 |
| 26D. & NAGAR HAVELI & DAMAN & DIU | 26D. & NAGAR HAVELI & DAMAN & DIU |    410.11 |
| 27LADAKH                          | 27LADAKH                          |    277.12 |
| 28LAKSHADWEEP                     | 28LAKSHADWEEP                     |    146.33 |
| 29ARUNACHAL PRADESH               | 29ARUNACHAL PRADESH               |   4725.67 |
| 30ASSAM                           | 30ASSAM                           |  69759.6  |
| 31MANIPUR                         | 31MANIPUR                         |   8588.77 |
| 32MEGHALAYA                       | 32MEGHALAYA                       |  11051.1  |
| 33MIZORAM                         | 33MIZORAM                         |   1862.77 |
| 34NAGALAND                        | 34NAGALAND                        |   8232.75 |
| 35SIKKIM                          | 35SIKKIM                          |    303.22 |
| 36TRIPURA                         | 36TRIPURA                         |   6883.37 |
|                                   | Total                             | 929517    |

0

0

| SNP- Supplementary Nutrition Programme   | SNP- Supplementary Nutrition Programme   |
|------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------|
| Sl. No. State/UTs                        | (Rs. in lakhs)                           |
|                                          | released during 2022-23                  |
| 1ANDHRA PRADESH 2BIHAR                   | 40637.68 95193.61                        |
| 3CHHATTISGARH                            | 26449.51                                 |
| 4GOA                                     | 687.82                                   |
| 5GUJARAT                                 | 61622.48                                 |
| 6HARYANA                                 | 4953.49                                  |
| 7JHARKHAND                               | 16647.15                                 |
| 8KARNATAKA                               | 58102.1                                  |
| 9KERALA                                  | 20829.85                                 |
| 10MADHYA PRADESH                         | 52148                                    |
| 11MAHARASHTRA                            | 102176.5                                 |
| 12ODISHA                                 | 44941.67                                 |
| 13PUNJAB                                 | 6568.4                                   |
| 14RAJASTHAN                              | 62796.03                                 |
| 15TAMIL NADU                             | 38358.98                                 |
| 16TELANGANA                              | 28429.31                                 |
| 17UTTAR PRADESH                          | 188948.8                                 |
| 18WEST BENGAL                            | 65412.37                                 |
| 19DELHI                                  | 8341.36                                  |
| 20PUDUCHERRY                             | 0                                        |
| 21HIMACHAL PRADESH                       | 5170.39                                  |
| 22JAMMU & KASHMIR                        | 6946.78                                  |
| 23UTTARAKHAND                            | 16382.19                                 |
| 24ANDAMAN & NICOBAR                      | 0                                        |
| 25CHANDIGARH                             | 2328.3                                   |
| 26D. & NAGAR HAVELI & DAMAN              | 445.2                                    |
|                                          | 42.83                                    |
| 28LAKSHADWEEP                            |                                          |
| 29ARUNACHAL PRADESH                      | 3781.53                                  |
| 30ASSAM                                  | 88746.69                                 |
| 31MANIPUR                                | 1069.73                                  |
| 32MEGHALAYA                              | 11537.24                                 |
| 33MIZORAM                                | 1144.09                                  |
| 34NAGALAND                               | 8918.17                                  |
| 36TRIPURA                                | 5621.33                                  |
| Total                                    | 1076235                                  |

| SNP- Supplementary Nutrition Programme Funds released under Anganwadi Services Scheme for the year 2023-24 (UPTO   | SNP- Supplementary Nutrition Programme Funds released under Anganwadi Services Scheme for the year 2023-24 (UPTO   | SNP- Supplementary Nutrition Programme Funds released under Anganwadi Services Scheme for the year 2023-24 (UPTO   |
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|                                                                                                                    |                                                                                                                    | 30.06.2023) (Rupees in lakhs)                                                                                      |
| 1                                                                                                                  | ANDHRA PRADESH                                                                                                     | 0                                                                                                                  |
| 2                                                                                                                  | BIHAR                                                                                                              | 22092.28                                                                                                           |
| 3                                                                                                                  | CHHATTISGARH                                                                                                       | 0                                                                                                                  |
| 4                                                                                                                  | GOA                                                                                                                | 177.174                                                                                                            |
| 5                                                                                                                  | GUJARAT                                                                                                            | 0                                                                                                                  |
| 6                                                                                                                  | HARYANA                                                                                                            | 1479.76                                                                                                            |
| 7                                                                                                                  | HIMACHAL PRADESH                                                                                                   | 1695.14                                                                                                            |
| 8                                                                                                                  | JAMMU & KASHMIR                                                                                                    | 0                                                                                                                  |
| 9                                                                                                                  | JHARKHAND                                                                                                          | 5549.05                                                                                                            |
| 10                                                                                                                 | KARNATAKA                                                                                                          | 0                                                                                                                  |
| 11                                                                                                                 | KERALA                                                                                                             | 0                                                                                                                  |
| 12                                                                                                                 | MADHYA PRADESH                                                                                                     | 0                                                                                                                  |
| 13                                                                                                                 | MAHARASHTRA                                                                                                        | 22234.92                                                                                                           |
|                                                                                                                    | ODISHA                                                                                                             |                                                                                                                    |
| 14                                                                                                                 |                                                                                                                    | 12435.01                                                                                                           |
| 15 16                                                                                                              | PUNJAB RAJASTHAN                                                                                                   | 2250 9817.28                                                                                                       |
| 17                                                                                                                 | TAMIL NADU                                                                                                         | 9391.77                                                                                                            |
| 18                                                                                                                 | TELANGANA                                                                                                          | 6170.15                                                                                                            |
| 19                                                                                                                 | UTTAR PRADESH                                                                                                      | 47237.22                                                                                                           |
|                                                                                                                    | UTTARAKHAND                                                                                                        | 3819.12                                                                                                            |
| 20                                                                                                                 | WEST BENGAL                                                                                                        | 0                                                                                                                  |
| 21                                                                                                                 |                                                                                                                    |                                                                                                                    |
|                                                                                                                    | Total                                                                                                              | 144348.9                                                                                                           |
|                                                                                                                    | MH 3602                                                                                                            |                                                                                                                    |
| 22                                                                                                                 | DELHI                                                                                                              | 3584.94                                                                                                            |
| 23                                                                                                                 | PUDUCHERRY                                                                                                         | 262.42                                                                                                             |
|                                                                                                                    | Total                                                                                                              | 3847.36                                                                                                            |
| 24                                                                                                                 | ANDAMAN & NICOBAR                                                                                                  | 267.68                                                                                                             |
| 25                                                                                                                 | CHANDIGARH                                                                                                         | 308.23                                                                                                             |
| 26                                                                                                                 | DNH & DD                                                                                                           | 217.13                                                                                                             |
| 27                                                                                                                 | LADAKH                                                                                                             | 135.18                                                                                                             |
| 28                                                                                                                 | LAKSHADWEEP                                                                                                        | 28.13                                                                                                              |
|                                                                                                                    | sub total                                                                                                          | 956.35                                                                                                             |
| 29                                                                                                                 | ARUNACHAL PRADESH                                                                                                  | 911.16                                                                                                             |
| 30                                                                                                                 | ASSAM                                                                                                              | 0                                                                                                                  |
| 31                                                                                                                 | MANIPUR                                                                                                            | 2147.19                                                                                                            |
| 32                                                                                                                 | MEGHALAYA                                                                                                          | 0                                                                                                                  |
| 33                                                                                                                 | MIZORAM                                                                                                            | 516.04                                                                                                             |
| 34                                                                                                                 | NAGALAND                                                                                                           | 2058.19                                                                                                            |
| 35                                                                                                                 | SIKKIM                                                                                                             | 0                                                                                                                  |
| 36                                                                                                                 | TRIPURA                                                                                                            | 1720.84                                                                                                            |
|                                                                                                                    | Total                                                                                                              | 7353.42                                                                                                            |

Annexure II

| District             |   Children 0m_6m |   Children 6m_3y |   Children 3y_6y |   Pregnant woman |   Lactating mother |
|----------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|--------------------|
| Bokaro               |             6578 |            70628 |            77521 |            12098 |               7959 |
| Chatra               |             4600 |            55893 |            53097 |             8777 |               5789 |
| Deoghar              |             6343 |            72355 |            68465 |            11278 |               7547 |
| Dhanbad              |             7429 |            71970 |            80877 |            11803 |               8101 |
| Dumka                |             5667 |            64271 |            81098 |            10163 |               5381 |
| East Singhbhum       |             7101 |            68974 |            59242 |            13709 |               7618 |
| Garhwa               |             4665 |            70088 |            73253 |            11809 |               6990 |
| Giridih              |            11749 |           126664 |           146766 |            15780 |              12116 |
| Godda                |             7033 |            78337 |            82648 |            13726 |               7900 |
| Gumla                |             4929 |            50416 |            48566 |             7263 |               4627 |
| Hazaribag            |             8512 |            81178 |            64282 |            12964 |               9832 |
| Jamtara              |             3391 |            36653 |            40808 |             5889 |               3693 |
| Khunti               |             2619 |            24580 |            24211 |             3548 |               2397 |
| Koderma              |             3924 |            33036 |            32940 |             5511 |               4265 |
| Latehar              |             3235 |            41325 |            44994 |             5965 |               3241 |
| Lohardaga            |             2618 |            26645 |            26806 |             4009 |               2770 |
| Pakur                |             5101 |            66591 |            66673 |             9857 |               4565 |
| Palamu               |             8466 |           109514 |           116732 |            16989 |              10552 |
| Ramgarh              |             4155 |            32038 |            29594 |             5720 |               3928 |
| Ranchi               |             9829 |            94850 |            87003 |            14464 |               9867 |
| Sahibganj            |             5310 |            83830 |            95099 |            13224 |               6363 |
| Seraikela- Kharsawan |             5278 |            44867 |            42888 |             8674 |               5022 |
| Simdega              |             2431 |            25273 |            27297 |             3661 |               2243 |
| West Singhbhum       |             7438 |            77683 |            74398 |            11064 |               6824 |