Lok Sabha Question No. 1034 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2023-12-08
Subject: Funds under National Nutrition Mission
Ministry: WOMEN AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT
Asked by: Dhal Singh Bisen

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF WOMEN AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1034

TO BE ANSWERED ON 08.12.2023

## FUNDS UNDER NATIONAL NUTRITION MISSION

## 1034. DR. DHAL SINGH BISEN

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

- (a) Whether funds are provided by the Government under the National Nutrition Mission,  if  so,  the  details  of  the  funds  released  during  the  last  three  years, State/UT-wise including Madhya Pradesh;
- (b) The names of the districts of the State identified under the said Mission along with the details of the campaign for publicity of the same;
- (c) Whether any training programmes are being conducted to ensure the smooth functioning of the scheme; and
- (d) If so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER

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

(a) Funds  are      being  provided  by  the  Government  under  Poshan  Abhiyan (erstwhile National Nutrition Mission)  to the States/UTs for smooth implementation of the  scheme.  Further,  the  details  of  State-UT-wise  funds  released  under  Saksham Anganwadi & Mission Poshan 2.0 under its component  i.e. Poshan Abhiyaan for the last three years including Madhya Pradesh is at Annexure-I .

- (b) Poshan Abhiyaan is being implemented in all the districts of the country, in all 36 States/UTs.

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 CBEs have been held under the Abhiyaan. IEC materials in the form of videos, pamphlets, flyers etc  in  regional  languages  have  been  developed  around  the  critical  themes.  Jan Andolan is carried out through the annual Rashtriya Poshan Maah which is celebrated in the month of September and Poshan Pakhwada is celebrated in March at scale across  India.  Since  the  launch  of  the  programme,  11  Jan  Andolans  have  been conducted (including 5 Poshan Pakhwadas and 6 Poshan Maahs) wherein more than 90 crore sensitisation activities have been reported from all the States/UTs, districts, including the Aspirational and Tribal areas.

(c) & (d) Under  Saksham  Anganwadi  and  Poshan  2.0,  Anganwadi  regular trainings  are  being  imparted  to  Anganwadi  Workers  for  smooth  functioning.  The Anganwadi  workers  are  made  aware  about  Anganwadi  Services  Scheme  and  its objectives,  requirements  of  beneficiaries  under  the  scheme  and  the  services mandated for delivery to them. There is also a provision for updating skills/ capacities of AWWs  exclusively around the use of technology. They are trained on supplementary nutrition guidelines, nutrition norms, food safety norms and practices, new born care and early assessment of childhood illnesses, ante-natal and post-natal practices, Infant and Young Child Feeding Practices and use of growth monitoring devices. Moreover, Poshan Tracker application has training modules on key topics such as appropriate Infant and young child feeding (IYCF) practices, care of weak newborn baby thereby preventing illness to avert malnutrition, prevention of anemia etc. Under Poshan Bhi Padhai Bhi (PBPB), a path breaking ECCE program has been developed to help India develop the world's largest, universal, high-quality pre-school network  at  Anganwadi  Centers.  The  implementation  of  PBPB  includes  conducting Capacity Building trainings for ICDS functionaries.

****

## Annexure-I

| STATE/UT WISE STATEMENT OF FUNDS RELEASED UNDER POSHAN ABHIYAAN DURING THE LAST THREE YEARS   | STATE/UT WISE STATEMENT OF FUNDS RELEASED UNDER POSHAN ABHIYAAN DURING THE LAST THREE YEARS   | STATE/UT WISE STATEMENT OF FUNDS RELEASED UNDER POSHAN ABHIYAAN DURING THE LAST THREE YEARS   | STATE/UT WISE STATEMENT OF FUNDS RELEASED UNDER POSHAN ABHIYAAN DURING THE LAST THREE YEARS   | STATE/UT WISE STATEMENT OF FUNDS RELEASED UNDER POSHAN ABHIYAAN DURING THE LAST THREE YEARS   |
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| FUND RELEASED                                                                                 | FUND RELEASED                                                                                 | FUND RELEASED                                                                                 | (Amount in ₹lakhs)                                                                            | (Amount in ₹lakhs)                                                                            |
|                                                                                               |                                                                                               | FY 2020-21                                                                                    | FY 2021-22                                                                                    | FY 2022-23                                                                                    |
| Sl.                                                                                           | State/UT                                                                                      | Funds released                                                                                | Funds released                                                                                | Funds released                                                                                |
| 1                                                                                             | A & N ISLANDS                                                                                 | 100.00                                                                                        | 518.97                                                                                        | 47.45                                                                                         |
| 2                                                                                             | ANDHRA PRADESH ARUNACHAL                                                                      | 889.71                                                                                        | 0.00                                                                                          | 2707.69                                                                                       |
| 3                                                                                             | PRADESH                                                                                       | 99.60                                                                                         | 0.00                                                                                          | 14.70                                                                                         |
| 4                                                                                             | ASSAM                                                                                         | 987.04                                                                                        | 0.00                                                                                          | 34.50                                                                                         |
| 5                                                                                             | BIHAR                                                                                         | 1835.48                                                                                       | 0.00                                                                                          | 3916.76                                                                                       |
| 6                                                                                             | CHANDIGARH                                                                                    | 107.20                                                                                        | 122.66                                                                                        | 149.21                                                                                        |
| 7                                                                                             | CHHATTISGARH                                                                                  | 839.58                                                                                        | 0.00                                                                                          | 33.00                                                                                         |
| 8                                                                                             | D & N HAVELI and DAMAN & DIU                                                                  | 0.00                                                                                          | 0.00                                                                                          | 18.22                                                                                         |
| 9                                                                                             | DELHI                                                                                         | 174.35                                                                                        | 0.00                                                                                          | 14.25                                                                                         |
| 10                                                                                            | GOA                                                                                           | 20.19                                                                                         | 0.00                                                                                          | 1.65                                                                                          |
| 11                                                                                            | GUJARAT                                                                                       | 0.00                                                                                          | 0.00                                                                                          | 50.40                                                                                         |
| 12                                                                                            | HARYANA                                                                                       | 415.39                                                                                        | 0.00                                                                                          | 22.20                                                                                         |
| 13                                                                                            | HIMACHAL PRADESH                                                                              | 0.00                                                                                          | 0.00                                                                                          | 194.38                                                                                        |
| 14                                                                                            | JAMMU & KASHMIR                                                                               | 492.24                                                                                        | 0.00                                                                                          | 19.20                                                                                         |
| 15                                                                                            | JHARKHAND                                                                                     | 0.00                                                                                          | 0.00                                                                                          | 33.60                                                                                         |
| 16                                                                                            | KARNATAKA                                                                                     | 1054.58                                                                                       | 0.00                                                                                          | 1746.60                                                                                       |
| 17                                                                                            | KERALA                                                                                        | 2679.61                                                                                       | 0.00                                                                                          | 2057.70                                                                                       |
| 18                                                                                            | LADAKH                                                                                        | 118.76                                                                                        | 0.00                                                                                          | 1.95                                                                                          |
| 19                                                                                            | LAKSHADWEEP                                                                                   | 100.00                                                                                        | 0.00                                                                                          | 1.35                                                                                          |
| 20                                                                                            | MADHYA PRADESH                                                                                | 1554.16                                                                                       | 0.00                                                                                          | 2183.79                                                                                       |
| 21                                                                                            | MAHARASHTRA                                                                                   | 1767.77                                                                                       | 0.00                                                                                          | 82.95                                                                                         |
| 22                                                                                            | MANIPUR                                                                                       | 184.16                                                                                        | 0.00                                                                                          | 6.45                                                                                          |
| 23                                                                                            | MEGHALAYA                                                                                     | 94.33                                                                                         | 0.00                                                                                          | 430.66                                                                                        |
| 24                                                                                            | MIZORAM                                                                                       | 0.00                                                                                          | 753.48                                                                                        | 0.00                                                                                          |
| 25                                                                                            | NAGALAND                                                                                      | 1550.11                                                                                       | 360.12                                                                                        | 2340.56                                                                                       |
| 26                                                                                            | ODISHA                                                                                        | 0.00                                                                                          | 12842.35                                                                                      | 50.70                                                                                         |
| 27                                                                                            | PUDUCHERRY                                                                                    | 13.68                                                                                         | 0.00                                                                                          | 0.75                                                                                          |
| 28                                                                                            | PUNJAB                                                                                        | 0.00                                                                                          | 0.00                                                                                          | 23.25                                                                                         |
| 29                                                                                            | RAJASTHAN                                                                                     | 0.00                                                                                          | 0.00                                                                                          | 1064.28                                                                                       |
| 30                                                                                            | SIKKIM                                                                                        | 20.92                                                                                         | 0.00                                                                                          | 0.00                                                                                          |

| 31 TAMIL NADU   | 0.00     | 0.00       | 11787.60         |
|-----------------|----------|------------|------------------|
| 32              | 0.00     | 1735.95    | TELANGANA 571.20 |
| 33 162.32       | 0.00     | 97.32      | TRIPURA          |
| 34 2779.49      | 0.00     | 134.55     | UTTAR PRADESH    |
| 35 321.07       | 0.00     | 943.09     | UTTARAKHAND      |
| 36 1911.70      |          | 0.00 86.40 | WEST BENGAL      |
| Total 20844.64  | 14597.58 | 32033.11   |                  |