Lok Sabha Question No. 4630 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2025-03-28
Subject: Anemia and Malnutrition
Ministry: WOMEN AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT
Asked by: Shri Hanuman Beniwal, Shri Rajeev Rai

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF WOMEN AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 4630

TO BE ANSWERED ON 28.03.2025

## ANEMIA AND MALNUTRITION

## 4630.  SHRI RAJEEV RAI: SHRI HANUMAN BENIWAL:

Will the Minister of Women and Child Development be pleased to state:

- (a) whether the number of women suffering from anemia and children suffering from malnutrition is increasing rapidly in the country despite implementation of various schemes, if so, the details thereof indicating the number of such cases during the last three years, State-wise including Rajasthan;
- (b) the current status of the schemes being implemented by the Government to deal with the said problems, scheme-wise and State-wise;
- (c) the details of the funds allocated/utilized in the country including Uttar Pradesh and Rajasthan under these schemes during the last three years and the current year, State-wise; and
- (d) whether any reduction has been recorded in the number of women suffering from anemia and children suffering from malnutrition in Mau district of Uttar Pradesh and Rajasthan in year 2022-23 and 2023-24 due to the implementation of the said schemes, if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF WOMEN AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT (SHRIMATI SAVITRI THAKUR)

(a) to (d) Under the 15th Finance Commission, various components like Anganwadi services,  Poshan  Abhiyaan  and  Scheme  for  Adolescent  girls  (of  14-18  years  in Aspirational  Districts  and  North-Eastern  region)  have  been  subsumed  under  the umbrella  Mission  Saksham  Anganwadi  and  Poshan  2.0  (Mission  Poshan  2.0)  to address the challenge of malnutrition. It is a Centrally Sponsored mission, where the responsibility for implementation of various activities lies with the States and UTs. This mission  is  a  universal  self-selecting  umbrella  scheme  that  is  being  implemented across all the States and UTs including in the State of Rajasthan.

Nutrition goes beyond mere eating of food; it requires proper digestion, absorption, and metabolism which are influenced by factors like sanitation, education and access to safe drinking water. As malnutrition requires a multi-sectoral approach involving dimensions of food, health, water, sanitation and education, it is crucial to effectively address  the  issue  of  malnutrition.  It  is  being  addressed  under  Mission  Saksham Anganwadi and Poshan 2.0 by establishing cross cutting convergence amongst 18 Ministries/Departments.

Under Mission Poshan 2.0 a new strategy has been made for reduction in malnutrition and for improved health, wellness and immunity through activities like community engagement, outreach, behavioral change, and advocacy. It focuses on Maternal Nutrition,  Infant  and  Young  Child  Feeding  Norms,  treatment  of  Severe  Acute Malnutrition  (SAM)/  Moderate  Acute  Malnutrition  (MAM)  and  wellness  through AYUSH practices  to  reduce  prevalence  of  wasting,  stunting,  anaemia  and  being underweight.

Under this mission, Supplementary Nutrition is provided to Children (6 months to 6 years),  Pregnant  Women,  Lactating  Mothers  and  Adolescent  Girls  to  beat  the intergenerational cycle of malnutrition by adopting a life cycle approach. Supplementary nutrition is provided in accordance with the nutrition norms contained in Schedule-II of the National Food Security Act. These norms have been revised in January  2023.  The  old  norms  were  largely  calorie-specific;  however,  the  revised norms are more comprehensive and balanced in terms of both quantity and quality of supplementary nutrition based on the principles of diet diversity that provides for quality protein, healthy fats and micronutrients.

Fortified rice is being supplied to AWCs to meet the requirement of micro-nutrients and to control anaemia among women and children. Greater emphasis is being laid on the use of millets at least once a week for preparation of Hot Cooked Meal and Take Home ration at Anganwadi centers.

Ministries of Women & Child Development and Health & Family Welfare have jointly released the protocol for Community Management of Malnutrition (CMAM) to prevent and treat severely acute malnutrition in children and for reducing associated morbidity and mortality.

Under this Mission, one of the major activities undertaken is Community Mobilization and Awareness Advocacy to educate people on nutritional aspects as adoption of good nutrition habit requires sustained efforts for behavioural change. State and UTs are conducting and reporting regular sensitisation activities under Jan Andolans during Poshan Maahs and Poshan Pakhwadas celebrated in the months of September and March-April  respectively.  Community  Based  Events  (CBEs)  have  served  as  a significant strategy in changing nutritional practices and all Anganwadi workers are required to conduct two Community Based Events every month.

The Ministry of Health and Family Welfare is implementing Reproductive, Maternal, Newborn, Child, Adolescent Health and Nutrition (RMNCAH+N) strategy in a life cycle approach  under  National  Health  Mission  (NHM),  which  includes  interventions  to address malnutrition  and  anemia  across  all  States/UTs  in  the  country.  One  of  the interventions is Anemia Mukt Bharat.

Anemia  Mukt  Bharat  (AMB)  a  flagship  programme  of  Government  of  India  under Ministry of Health & Family Welfare (MoH&FW), launched in 2018, aims to reduce the prevalence  of  anemia  through  6X6X6  strategy  implemented  among  the  six  target beneficiaries-children  6-59  months,  children  5-9  years,  adolescents  10-19  years, women of reproductive age group, pregnant women and lactating mothers; through six  interventions  implemented via  six  institutional mechanisms  for all  stakeholders. The six interventions for AMB strategy include:

1.  Prophylactic Iron and Folic Acid (IFA) supplementation to all six beneficiaries
2.  Deworming
3.  Intensified Behaviour Change Communication Campaign focusing on four key behaviours- improving compliance to IFA supplementation and deworming, appropriate infant and young child feeding practices, increase in intake of iron-rich food through diet diversity/quantity/frequency and/or fortified foods and ensuring delayed cord clamping in health facilities
4.  Testing and treatment of anemia, using digital methods and point of care treatment,
5.  Mandatory provision of Iron and Folic Acid fortified foods in government funded public health programmes.
6.  Intensifying awareness, screening, and treatment of non-nutritional causes of anemia

Other  initiatives  of  MoH&FW  to  address  anemia  and  malnutrition  are  provided  at Annexure-I.

Various rounds of the National Family Health Survey (NFHS) conducted by Ministry of Health  &  Family  Welfare  since  1992-93  have  shown  improvement  in  malnutrition indicators in children across India. Details of these indicators for children since NFHS1 to NFHS-5 are given below:

| NFHS Survey             | Stunting%   |   Underweight% |   Wasting% |
|-------------------------|-------------|----------------|------------|
| NFHS-1 (1992-93)*       | 52          |           53.4 |       17.5 |
| NFHS-2 (1998-99)**      | 45.5        |           47   |       15.5 |
| NFHS-3 (2005-6)***      | 48.0        |           42.5 |       19.8 |
| NFHS-4 (2015-16)***38.4 |             |           35.8 |       21   |
| NFHS-5 (2019-21)***35.5 |             |           32.1 |       19.3 |

The above table gives a representative picture of malnutrition indicators among all children of 0-3 years, 0-4 years and 0-5 years age at the relevant time.

The projected population of all children up to 5 years in India for the year 2021 is 13.75 crores approximately (source: Population Projections for India and States 2011-2036, National Commission on Population, Ministry of Health & Family Welfare). However, only 7.49 crores children up to 5 years were enrolled in Anganwadis and registered on Poshan Tracker of the Ministry of Women & Child Development as per the February 2025 data. 7.25 crores of these children were measured on growth parameters of height and weight. 39.09% of them have been found to be stunted, 16.60% have been found to be underweight and 5.35% wasted.

Further, the projected population of all children in India up to 6 years for the year 2021 is approximately 16.1 crores. As per the February 2025 data of Poshan Tracker, 8.80 crores children (0-6 years) were enrolled in Anganwadis out of whom 8.52 crores were measured on growth parameters of height and weight. 37.75% of these children (0-6 years) have been found to be stunted and 17.19% children (0-6 years) have been found to be underweight.

In 2021, the World Bank conducted a survey in 11 priority states (Andhra Pradesh, Bihar, Chhattisgarh, Gujarat, Jharkhand, Karnataka, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Rajasthan,  Tamil  Nadu  and  Uttar  Pradesh)  with  the  highest  rates  of  anemia  and stunting.  The  aim  of  this  survey  was  to  assess  the  program's  delivery  of  nutrition services, whether the nutritional knowledge of beneficiaries had improved and if they had adopted more appropriate nutrition and feeding practices.

The findings demonstrated that the services delivered through the Poshan Abhiyaan -  the  receipt  of  relevant  messages,  home  visits  by  the  anganwadi  worker,  and attendance at  community  based  events  -  were  associated  with  improved  nutrition behaviors. The survey also found that the program's nutrition messages reached more than 80% of women, and that 81% of women practiced exclusive breastfeeding for the first six months.

The State wise detail of malnutrition indicators including Rajasthan and that of Mau district of UP is at Annexure-II.

The State wise detail of women suffering from anemia including Rajasthan and that of Mau district of UP is at Annexure-III.

The State wise detail of beneficiaries under Mission Poshan 2.0 is at Annexure-IV.

The detail of funds allocated to all States including Uttar Pradesh and Rajasthan is at Annexure-V.

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## ANNEXURE-I

## ANNEXURE REFERRED IN REPLY TO PART (b) OF LOK SABHA QUESTION NO. 4630 FOR 28.03.2025 REGARDING 'ANEMIA AND MALNUTRITION' ASKED BY SHRI RAJEEV RAI AND SHRI HANUMAN BENIWAL

Other initiatives of MoH&FW to address anemia and malnutrition are as follows:

- i. Nutrition Rehabilitation Centers (NRCs) are set up at public health facilities to  provide  in-patient  medical  and  nutritional  care  to  children  under  5  years suffering from Severe Acute Malnourishment (SAM) with medical complications.  In  addition  to  curative  care,  special  focus  is  given  on  timely, adequate  and  appropriate  feeding  for  children;  on  improving  the  skills  of mothers  and  caregivers  on  complete  age-appropriate  caring  and  feeding practices.
- ii. Mothers' Absolute Affection (MAA) Programme is implemented to improve breastfeeding coverage in children which includes early initiation of breastfeeding  and  exclusive  breastfeeding  for  first  six  months  followed  by counselling on age-appropriate complementary feeding practices.
- iii. Under National Deworming Day (NDD) albendazole tablets are administered in a single fixed day approach via schools and Anganwadi centres in two rounds (February and August) to reduce the soil transmitted helminth (STH) infestation among all children and adolescents (1-19 years). During NDD, ASHA mobilizes children  and  adolescents  to  school  and  Anganwadi  centre  for  albendazole administration.
- iv. Lactation  Management  Centres :  Comprehensive  Lactation  Management Centres.  (CLMC)  are  facilities  established  to  ensure  availability  of  safe, pasteurized Donor Human Milk for feeding of sick, preterm and low birth weight babies admitted in Neonatal Intensive Care Units and Special Newborn Care Units. Lactation Management Unit (LMU) are established for providing lactation support  to  mothers  within  the  health  facility  for  collection,  storage  and dispensing of mother's own breastmilk for consumption by her baby.
- v. Village Health Sanitation and Nutrition Days (VHSNDs) are  observed for provision  of  maternal  and  child  health  services  and  creating  awareness  on maternal  and  child  care  including  nutrition  in  convergence  with  Ministry  of Women and Child Development. During VHSND, ASHA mobilizes beneficiaries and community to VHSND site for uptake of maternal and child health services.

## ANNEXURE-II

## ANNEXURE REFERRED IN REPLY TO PARTS (a AND d) OF LOK SABHA QUESTION NO. 4630 FOR 28.03.2025 REGARDING 'ANEMIA AND MALNUTRITION' ASKED BY SHRI RAJEEV RAI AND SHRI HANUMAN BENIWAL

- (a) State wise detail of malnutrition indicators of children (0-5 years) in the country including State of Rajasthan for February 2023, February 2024 and February 25 from Poshan Tracker is as follows:
- (b)  The  detail  of  malnutrition  indicators  of  children  (0-5  years)  in  the  Mau  district  of  Uttar  Pradesh  for  February  2023, February 2024 and February 25 from Poshan Tracker is as follows:

|         |                    | Feb-23    | Feb-23   | Feb-23        | Feb-24   | Feb-24   | Feb-24       | Feb-25     | Feb-25    | Feb-25       |
|---------|--------------------|-----------|----------|---------------|----------|----------|--------------|------------|-----------|--------------|
| S. No . | State              | Stunted % | Wasted % | Underwei ght% | Stunted% | Wasted % | Underweight% | Stunting % | Wasting % | Underweight% |
| 1       | Andhra Prade sh    | 20.00     | 4.95     | 9.69          | 20.30    | 5.49     | 9.77         | 18.27      | 4.83      | 7.91         |
| 2       | Arunachal Pra desh | 32.07     | 4.90     | 12.50         | 30.26    | 4.72     | 8.97         | 37.18      | 4.54      | 10.76        |
| 3       | Assam              | 38.76     | 7.17     | 18.27         | 40.28    | 4.50     | 15.63        | 42.79      | 4.12      | 16.41        |
| 4       | Bihar              | 41.60     | 10.52    | 25.10         | 41.44    | 9.99     | 23.25        | 47.33      | 9.58      | 24.09        |
| 5       | Chhattisgarh       | 37.40     | 13.54    | 17.11         | 33.57    | 9.90     | 15.20        | 26.20      | 6.96      | 13.35        |
| 6       | Goa                | 25.79     | 6.03     | 11.17         | 18.36    | 2.37     | 5.56         | 7.51       | 1.10      | 2.46         |
| 7       | Gujarat            | 51.80     | 7.69     | 22.43         | 43.48    | 8.30     | 19.82        | 36.53      | 7.95      | 19.84        |
| 8       | Haryana            | 30.74     | 7.33     | 12.49         | 26.40    | 4.98     | 7.90         | 27.63      | 4.17      | 8.38         |
| 9       | Himachal Prad esh  | 25.05     | 3.47     | 8.97          | 19.79    | 1.88     | 5.93         | 19.47      | 2.07      | 6.31         |
| 10      | Jharkhand          | 40.40     | 9.70     | 23.09         | 41.52    | 7.86     | 18.58        | 43.91      | 6.39      | 19.14        |
| 11      | Karnataka          | 39.41     | 8.41     | 19.95         | 40.72    | 7.86     | 18.33        | 41.20      | 3.68      | 17.61        |
| 12      | Kerala             | 35.73     | 8.70     | 14.43         | 32.93    | 3.20     | 9.41         | 37.05      | 2.93      | 10.30        |
| 13      | Madhya Prade sh    | 54.12     | 7.69     | 26.22         | 41.26    | 6.47     | 21.89        | 46.60      | 7.04      | 25.42        |
| 14      | Maharashtra        | 46.06     | 7.11     | 19.83         | 48.63    | 5.42     | 18.19        | 44.45      | 3.80      | 14.63        |
| 15      | Manipur            | 17.76     | 1.64     | 7.48          | 16.89    | 1.55     | 7.97         | 9.69       | 0.66      | 2.77         |

| 16   | Meghalaya                            | 28.42   | 2.49   | 8.01   |   22.94 |   1.39 |   5.22 |   19.02 |   0.92 |   4.21 |
|------|--------------------------------------|---------|--------|--------|---------|--------|--------|---------|--------|--------|
| 17   | Mizoram                              | 22.08   | 4.05   | 6.51   |   24.64 |   3.26 |   6.21 |   29.53 |   2.49 |   6.44 |
| 18   | Nagaland                             | 42.86   | 6.43   | 12.14  |   27.02 |   5.52 |   7.16 |   31.15 |   5.61 |   7.26 |
| 19   | Odisha                               | 31.17   | 5.00   | 14.62  |   28.17 |   3.6  |  12.27 |   28.95 |   2.98 |  11.88 |
| 20   | Punjab                               | 26.05   | 7.39   | 12.35  |   18.65 |   4.11 |   6.69 |   20.67 |   3.5  |   6.49 |
| 21   | Rajasthan                            | 34.10   | 11.43  | 20.32  |   37.43 |   7.71 |  17.63 |   38.57 |   6.31 |  18.67 |
| 22   | Sikkim                               | 14.97   | 3.10   | 3.81   |   12.53 |   2.61 |   2.24 |   10.26 |   2.04 |   2.02 |
| 23   | Tamil Nadu                           | 19.27   | 5.15   | 9.43   |   15.08 |   3.98 |   7.05 |   13.76 |   3.46 |   6.4  |
| 24   | Telangana                            | 27.27   | 4.86   | 13.41  |   29.25 |   4.63 |  12.55 |   33.39 |   5.25 |  15.44 |
| 25   | Tripura                              | 39.22   | 8.74   | 17.11  |   38.08 |   7.18 |  15.45 |   41.35 |   6.99 |  17.28 |
| 26   | Uttar Pradesh                        | 47.66   | 7.42   | 20.92  |   46.17 |   5.24 |  19.19 |   48.72 |   4.34 |  19.76 |
| 27   | Uttarakhand                          | 33.29   | 7.54   | 9.05   |   34.23 |   5.77 |   8.31 |   23.76 |   2.4  |   6.21 |
| 28   | West Bengal                          | 40.77   | 9.59   | 15.26  |   37.36 |   8.21 |  12.01 |   35.22 |   6.57 |  11.01 |
| 29   | Andaman & Ni cobar Islands           | 25.41   | 6.73   | 10.71  |   20.19 |   4.34 |   7.67 |    8.33 |   2.11 |   3.62 |
| 30   | Dadra & Naga r Haveli - Dam an & Diu | 53.13   | 11.79  | 36.42  |   48.16 |  10.28 |  31.03 |   38.15 |   2.47 |  14.46 |
| 31   | Delhi                                | 22.40   | 2.01   | 10.01  |   38.43 |   2    |  15.92 |   42.9  |   2.51 |  17.81 |
| 32   | J&K                                  | 15.37   | 1.85   | 5.89   |   16.38 |   2.28 |   4.41 |   14.32 |   1.28 |   3.47 |
| 33   | Ladakh                               | 22.32   | 3.66   | 6.67   |   13.13 |   0.89 |   2.58 |   10.31 |   0.19 |   1.54 |
| 34   | Lakshadweep                          | NA      | NA     | NA     |   44.25 |  14.84 |  26.96 |   40.62 |  11.86 |  22.17 |
| 35   | Puducherry                           | 26.59   | 8.21   | 11.53  |   32.69 |   7.44 |  11.25 |   41.13 |   7.36 |  13.22 |
| 36   | UT-Chandigar h                       | 33.09   | 2.64   | 14.09  |   25.32 |   0.27 |   7.12 |   26.77 |   1.66 |   9.21 |
|      | Total                                | 39.37   | 7.71   | 18.44  |   38.22 |   6.26 |  16.52 |   39.09 |   5.35 |  16.6  |

|        |               | Feb-23   | Feb-23   | Feb-23        | Feb-24   | Feb-24   | Feb-24        | Feb-25    | Feb-25   | Feb-25        |
|--------|---------------|----------|----------|---------------|----------|----------|---------------|-----------|----------|---------------|
| S. No. | District      | Stunted% | Wasted%  | Underweight % | Stunted% | Wasted%  | Underweight % | Stunting% | Wasting% | Underweight % |
| 1      | Mau dist rict | 52.3     | 6.58     | 19.16         | 27.98    | 5.78     | 11.82         | 31.05     | 5.52     | 13.66         |

## Annexure -III

ANNEXURE  REFERRED  IN  REPLY  TO  PARTS  (a  AND  d)  OF  LOK  SABHA QUESTION NO. 4630 FOR 28.03.2025 REGARDING 'ANEMIA AND MALNUTRITION' ASKED BY SHRI RAJEEV RAI AND SHRI HANUMAN BENIWAL

(a)  State/UT  wise  prevalence  of  anaemia  among  women  of  age 15-49  years  from NFHS 4 and NFHS 5 is as follows:

|   S.No. | State/UT                  |   NFHS 4 (2015-16) |   NFHS 5 (2019- 21) |
|---------|---------------------------|--------------------|---------------------|
|       1 | Andaman & Nicobar Islands |               65.7 |                57.5 |
|       2 | Andhra Pradesh            |               60   |                58.8 |
|       3 | Arunachal Pradesh         |               43.2 |                40.3 |
|       4 | Assam                     |               46   |                65.9 |
|       5 | Bihar                     |               60.3 |                63.5 |
|       6 | Chandigarh                |               75.9 |                60.1 |
|       7 | Chhattisgarh              |               47   |                60.8 |
|       8 | Delhi                     |               54.3 |                49.9 |
|       9 | DNH&DD                    |               72.9 |                62.5 |
|      10 | Goa                       |               31.3 |                39   |
|      11 | Gujarat                   |               54.9 |                65   |
|      12 | Haryana                   |               62.7 |                60.4 |
|      13 | Himachal Pradesh          |               53.5 |                53   |
|      14 | J&K                       |               48.9 |                55.9 |
|      15 | Jharkhand                 |               65.2 |                65.3 |
|      16 | Karnataka                 |               44.8 |                47.8 |
|      17 | Kerala                    |               34.3 |                36.3 |
|      18 | Ladakh                    |               78.4 |                92.8 |
|      19 | Lakshadweep               |               46   |                25.8 |
|      20 | Madhya Pradesh            |               52.5 |                54.7 |
|      21 | Maharashtra               |               48   |                54.2 |

|   22 | Manipur       |   26.4 |   29.4 |
|------|---------------|--------|--------|
|   23 | Meghalaya     |   56.2 |   53.8 |
|   24 | Mizoram       |   24.8 |   34.8 |
|   25 | Nagaland      |   27.9 |   28.9 |
|   26 | Odisha        |   51   |   64.3 |
|   27 | Puducherry    |   52.4 |   55.1 |
|   28 | Punjab        |   53.5 |   58.7 |
|   29 | Rajasthan     |   46.8 |   54.4 |
|   30 | Sikkim        |   34.9 |   42.1 |
|   31 | Tamilnadu     |   55   |   53.4 |
|   32 | Telangana     |   56.6 |   57.6 |
|   33 | Tripura       |   54.5 |   67.2 |
|   34 | Uttarakhand   |   45.2 |   42.6 |
|   35 | Uttar Pradesh |   52.4 |   50.4 |
|   36 | West Bengal   |   62.5 |   71.4 |

(b) The prevalence of anaemia in Mau district of UP among women of age 15-49 years is as follows:

|   S.No. | District                    |   NFHS 4 (2015-16) |   NFHS 5 (2019-21) |
|---------|-----------------------------|--------------------|--------------------|
|       1 | Mau district, Uttar Pradesh |               53.3 |               44.3 |

## ANNEXURE-IV

ANNEXURE REFERRED IN REPLY TO PART (b) OF LOK SABHA QUESTION NO. 4630 FOR 28.03.2025 REGARDING 'ANEMIA AND MALNUTRITION' ASKED BY SHRI RAJEEV RAI AND SHRI HANUMAN BENIWAL

The  State  wise  detail  of  beneficiaries  under  Mission  Poshan  2.0  for  the  month  of February 2025 from Poshan Tracker is as follows:

|   S. No. | States/UTs                         |   Pregnant women |   Lactating Mothers |   Children (0-6 months) |   Children (6months- 3years) |   Children (3-6years) |   Adolescent Girls |
|----------|------------------------------------|------------------|---------------------|-------------------------|------------------------------|-----------------------|--------------------|
|        1 | Andaman & Nicobar Islands          |              695 |                 645 |                     614 |                         6644 |                  3839 |                  0 |
|        2 | Andhra Pradesh                     |           208927 |              186268 |                  173738 |                      1314284 |               1147208 |              47723 |
|        3 | Arunachal Pradesh                  |             1983 |                2115 |                    2443 |                        31541 |                 51065 |              15613 |
|        4 | Assam                              |           119228 |              113068 |                  121754 |                      1028018 |               1604001 |             397052 |
|        5 | Bihar                              |           529019 |              477117 |                  339213 |                      3830934 |               5360475 |             240386 |
|        6 | Chhattisgarh                       |           160289 |              141044 |                  133199 |                       999069 |               1104531 |             105336 |
|        7 | Dadra & Nagar Haveli - Daman & Diu |             2698 |                2392 |                    2325 |                        15781 |                 14163 |                  0 |
|        8 | Delhi                              |            52506 |               61039 |                   60985 |                       327810 |                149270 |                  0 |
|        9 | Goa                                |             3352 |                4175 |                    4000 |                        31814 |                 14494 |                  0 |
|       10 | Gujarat                            |           198295 |              200488 |                  191424 |                      1373272 |               1488658 |              62225 |
|       11 | Haryana                            |           113191 |              112195 |                   93583 |                       687805 |                949698 |              12716 |
|       12 | Himachal Pradesh                   |            31407 |               34351 |                   34425 |                       207015 |                239387 |              16179 |
|       13 | J&K                                |            49065 |               44284 |                   38298 |                       339479 |                416092 |              25851 |
|       14 | Jharkhand                          |           158426 |              125708 |                  113587 |                      1210165 |               1492335 |             234642 |
|       15 | Karnataka                          |           329486 |              253970 |                  218317 |                      1757711 |               1804940 |              74301 |
|       16 | Kerala                             |           112454 |               89240 |                   86693 |                       713605 |               1040109 |              17847 |
|       17 | Ladakh                             |             1026 |                 912 |                     805 |                         7677 |                  8713 |                  0 |
|       18 | Lakshadweep                        |              365 |                 350 |                     360 |                         2725 |                   890 |                  0 |
|       19 | Madhya Pradesh                     |           419802 |              375744 |                  345414 |                      2631293 |               3583766 |             136523 |
|       20 | Maharashtra                        |           305956 |              317466 |                  302763 |                      2371079 |               3248759 |             105512 |
|       21 | Manipur                            |             7861 |                8573 |                    9223 |                        93664 |                165062 |              42205 |
|       22 | Meghalaya                          |             5746 |                7246 |                    8159 |                       112833 |                217094 |              39875 |
|       23 | Mizoram                            |             5201 |                3810 |                    3992 |                        39549 |                 61188 |              18253 |
|       24 | Nagaland                           |              733 |                1128 |                    1290 |                        35743 |                 64063 |              23937 |
|       25 | Odisha                             |           267185 |              221665 |                  210010 |                      1419642 |               1812135 |             250204 |

| 26   | Puducherry     |    2798 |    3121 |    2757 |    22718 |     5006 |       0 |
|------|----------------|---------|---------|---------|----------|----------|---------|
| 27   | Punjab         |   74994 |   95235 |   95610 |   615848 |   740158 |   34055 |
| 28   | Rajasthan      |  294775 |  268013 |  223427 |  1772868 |  1692870 |   40468 |
| 29   | Sikkim         |    1251 |    1396 |    1441 |    11035 |    16967 |    7305 |
| 30   | Tamil Nadu     |  288558 |  245948 |  239178 |  1674903 |  1768735 |   44341 |
| 31   | Telangana      |  143216 |  119385 |  117398 |   909523 |   863495 |   22019 |
| 32   | Tripura        |   13945 |   11937 |   11527 |   112525 |   166712 |   33072 |
| 33   | UT- Chandigarh |    2943 |    3008 |    3013 |    15801 |    17452 |       0 |
| 34   | Uttar Pradesh  | 1258898 | 1095709 | 1029451 |  9017357 |  9520739 |  175366 |
| 35   | Uttarakhand    |   53533 |   57422 |   52562 |   358273 |   250480 |   71041 |
| 36   | West Bengal    |  503299 |  473380 |  475343 |  3103608 |  4032925 |       0 |
|      | Grand Total    | 5723106 | 5159547 | 4748321 | 38203611 | 45117474 | 2294047 |

## ANNEXURE-V

## ANNEXURE REFERRED IN REPLY TO PART (c) OF LOK SABHA QUESTION NO. 4630 FOR 28.03.2025 REGARDING 'ANEMIA AND MALNUTRITION' ASKED BY SHRI RAJEEV RAI AND SHRI HANUMAN BENIWAL

- (a) The year wise detail of funds allocated under Mission Poshan 2.0 and Anaemia Mukt Bharat is as follows:

Amount in ₹ crore

|   S. No. | Year      |   Mission Poshan 2.0 | Anaemia Mukt Bharat   |
|----------|-----------|----------------------|-----------------------|
|        1 | 19,999.55 |              2203.71 | 2021-22               |
|        2 | 20,263.07 |               823    | 2022-23               |
|        3 | 22,022.99 |               862.8  | 2023-24               |

- (b) The State wise detail of funds released to States under Mission Poshan 2.0 during the last three years and the current year is as follows:

Amount in ₹ crore

| S. No.   | States/ UTs                          | 2021-22        | 2022-23        | 2023-24        | 2024-25*       |
|----------|--------------------------------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
| S. No.   | States/ UTs                          | Funds released | Funds released | Funds released | Funds released |
| 1        | Andaman and Nicobar Islands          | 19.71          | 3.85           | 12.15          | 7.56           |
| 2        | Andhra Pradesh                       | 744.60         | 827.79         | 705.68         | 521.79         |
| 3        | Arunachal Pradesh                    | 170.83         | 137.78         | 162.06         | 72.28          |
| 4        | Assam                                | 1319.90        | 1651.63        | 2233.31        | 1792.07        |
| 5        | Bihar                                | 1574.43        | 1740.09        | 1859.29        | 2001.73        |
| 6        | Chandigarh                           | 15.32          | 33.10          | 19.79          | 14.17          |
| 7        | Chattisgarh                          | 606.73         | 668.96         | 579.46         | 549.31         |
| 8        | Dadra & Nagar Haveli and Daman & Diu | 9.33           | 5.80           | 11.97          | 9.13           |
| 9        | Delhi                                | 133.11         | 182.77         | 161.81         | 151.72         |
| 10       | Goa                                  | 10.84          | 14.71          | 13.95          | 11.95          |
| 11       | Gujarat                              | 839.86         | 912.64         | 1126.80        | 308.66         |
| 12       | Haryana                              | 173.03         | 195.25         | 225.78         | 177.52         |
| 13       | Himachal Pradesh                     | 247.99         | 270.24         | 301.09         | 245.60         |
| 14       | Jammu & Kashmir                      | 405.74         | 479.01         | 530.88         | 488.97         |
| 15       | Jharkhand                            | 352.98         | 430.91         | 664.30         | 451.12         |
| 16       | Karnataka                            | 1003.70        | 765.87         | 912.96         | 823.42         |
| 17       | Kerala                               | 388.23         | 444.98         | 306.64         | 267.67         |
| 18       | Ladakh                               | 14.70          | 18.79          | 19.62          | 14.64          |
| 19       | Lakshadweep                          | 2.11           | 0.44           | 2.88           | 1.34           |
| 20       | Madhya Pradesh                       | 1085.47        | 1011.57        | 1123.11        | 1144.54        |
| 21       | Maharashtra                          | 1713.39        | 1646.17        | 1699.52        | 1334.02        |

| 22    | Manipur       |   228.92 |   135.95 |   201.28 |   203.62 |
|-------|---------------|----------|----------|----------|----------|
| 23    | Meghalaya     |   173.33 |   192.39 |   269.69 |    84.79 |
| 24    | Mizoram       |    59.32 |    42.81 |   100.27 |    31.27 |
| 25    | Nagaland      |   159.8  |   199.3  |   262.91 |   138.91 |
| 26    | Odisha        |  1065.98 |   923.92 |   968.8  |   781.29 |
| 27    | Puducherry    |     2.78 |     0.12 |     4.48 |     3.68 |
| 28    | Punjab        |   383.52 |    75.31 |   307.87 |   253.84 |
| 29    | Rajasthan     |   682.65 |   974.02 |  1091.96 |   736.09 |
| 30    | Sikkim        |    25.73 |    20.33 |    33.49 |     1.66 |
| 31    | TamilNadu     |   655.38 |   766.81 |   880.79 |   526.37 |
| 32    | Telangana     |   482.33 |   550.69 |   507.87 |   287.94 |
| 33    | Tripura       |   186.72 |   150.52 |   244.22 |    81.81 |
| 34    | Uttar Pradesh |  2407.55 |  2721.87 |  2668.69 |  2060.25 |
| 35    | Uttarakhand   |   353.65 |   425.84 |   288.24 |   159.1  |
| 36    | West Bengal   |   668.35 |  1227.59 |  1237.56 |  1266.17 |
| Total | Total         | 18368    | 19849.8  | 21741.2  | 17006.1  |

- (c)  The  State  wise  detail  of  SPIP  approval  and  expenditure  to  States  for  Nutrition Programmes under National Health Mission of Ministry of Health & Family Welfare for last three years is as follows:

## Amount in ₹ crore

| S. No .           | State/UT   | 2021-22*   | 2021-22*   | 2022-23   | 2022-23   | 2023-24   | 2023-24   |
|-------------------|------------|------------|------------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|
| S. No .           | State/UT   | App        | Exp        | App       | Exp       | App       | Exp       |
| A&N Island        | 42.92      | 1.67       | 36.1       | 7.7       | 71.7      | 11.1      | 1         |
| Andhra Pradesh    | 3,789.23   | 3,595.01   |            | 10237.6   | 3668.4    | 10,069.8  | 2 8,107.0 |
| Arunachal Pradesh | 469.99     | 271.61     | 259.8      | 229.6     | 268.8     | 2.4       | 3         |
| Assam             | 3,581.65   | 2,772.85   | 3327.8     | 2786.6    | 3,045.5   | 2,350.5   | 4         |
| Bihar             | 1,616.20   | 1,004.23   | 11984.5    | 1992.2    | 11,943.3  | 3,192.7   | 5         |
| Chandigarh        | 4.15       | 1.75       | 1.2        | 0.1       | 1.2       | 0.7       | 6         |
| Chhattisgarh      | 5,514.90   | 3,392.78   | 3681.0     | 3328.0    | 3,517.7   | 1,728.4   | 7         |
| DNH-DD            | 73.00      | 37.25      | 29.1       | 11.7      | 27.7      | 4.9       | 8         |
| Delhi             | 1,287.10   | 105.47     | 862.8      | 26.5      | 850.7     | 49.2      | 9         |
| Goa               | 50.37      | 15.91      | 159.5      | 60.3      | 159.5     | 39.9      | 10        |

| 11               | Gujarat   | 7,384.49   |   5,210.48 |   4759.5 | 2467.5   | 4,383.8   |   4,361.1 |
|------------------|-----------|------------|------------|----------|----------|-----------|-----------|
| Haryana          | 1,620.39  | 1,662.66   |     2283.2 |   2770.2 | 2,326.2  | 2,592.2   |        12 |
| Himachal Pradesh | 526.31    | 291.94     |      506.8 |    214.9 | 268.1    | 199.8     |        13 |
| J&K              | 1,595.43  | 393.83     |     1192.2 |    551.3 | 1,332.2  | 81.8      |        14 |
| Jharkhand        | 5,585.63  | 1,198.62   |     8578.4 |   3593   | 7,943.5  | 2,007.9   |        15 |
| Karnataka        | 3,871.08  | 2,257.98   |     4597.8 |    618.7 | 5,196.2  | 1,408.6   |        16 |
| Kerala           | 653.25    | 231.14     |     3347.8 |   1266.3 | 3,087.8  | 370.8     |        17 |
| Ladakh           | 92.53     | 18.66      |       52.5 |     14.2 | 32.9     | 15.4      |        18 |
| Lakshadweep      | 6.98      | 0.45       |        8.5 |      5.5 | 6.3      | 2.5       |        19 |
| Madhya Pradesh   | 9,236.78  | 6,549.28   |    15453   |   9289.7 | 20,025.9 | 9,240.5   |        20 |
| Maharashtra      | 6,171.02  | 5,281.94   |    10497.6 |   3211.9 | 10,599.7 | 3,527.5   |        21 |
| Manipur          | 530.32    | 85.26      |      281.1 |     63.1 | 275.1    | 48.3      |        22 |
| Meghalaya        | 634.95    | 259.07     |      690.2 |    463.2 | 713.0    | 80.7      |        23 |
| Mizoram          | 197.64    | 66.55      |      238.3 |     30.3 | 187.9    | 89.8      |        24 |
| Nagaland         | 373.35    | 145.46     |      350.8 |     32.1 | 522.8    | 59.8      |        25 |
| Odisha           | 5,446.05  | 3,973.61   |     4844.1 |   1328.6 | 3,889.4  | 2,154.5   |        26 |
| Puducherry       | 44.76     | 26.75      |      259.2 |    113.1 | 288.2    | 33.3      |        27 |
| Punjab           | 1,330.00  | 882.77     |     1351.7 |    187.6 | 1,320.0  | 1,320.0   |        28 |
| Rajasthan        | 5,365.19  | 2,473.80   |     6303.7 |   2036.4 | 5,919.4  | 2,051.3   |        29 |
| Sikkim           | 66.71     | 6.72       |       85.6 |     57.1 | 71.7     | 56.3      |        30 |
| Tamil Nadu       | 826.56    | 863.41     |     2309.2 |    903.7 | 2,305.2  | 1,486.2   |        31 |
| Telangana        | 2,176.58  | 1,683.48   |     3741.5 |   4819.7 | 3,687.7  | 325.5     |        32 |
| Tripura          | 282.49    | 190.99     |      894.5 |    167.4 | 939.3    | 766.5     |        33 |
| Uttar Pradesh    | 21,449.8  | 8,398.65   |    20060.2 |   2213.6 | 39,441.5 | 11,311.1  |        34 |
| Uttarakhand      | 547.13    | 203.83     |     1866.5 |    384.2 | 2,005.5  | 472.9     |        35 |
| West Bengal      | 5,638.77  | 8,311.85   |     3877.8 |   2470   | 4,081.9  | 3,034.8   |        36 |

1.  SPIP Approval and Expenditure is as per the available Financial Management Reports submitted by State/UTs and are provisional.
2.  Expenditure  includes  Expenditure  against  Central  Release,  Corresponding State share release & unspent balances at the beginning of  the year.
3.  * Includes budget allocation for all CH programmes like MAA,NDD,AMB,NRC, VitA, IMNCI,F-IMNCI,IDCF, HBYC, HBNC, NBSU,NSSK,SNCU, KMC, SAANS, Family Participatory Care,CDR, Paed-HDU etc
4.  App-Approvals, Exp-Expenditure
5.  SPIP-State Programme Implementation Plans

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