Lok Sabha Question No. 4173 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2024-12-20
Subject: POSHAN Abhiyaan
Ministry: WOMEN AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT
Asked by: Shri Durai Vaiko

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF WOMEN AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 4173 TO BE ANSWERED ON 20.12.2024

## POSHAN ABHIYAAN

## 4173.  SHRI DURAI VAIKO:

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

- (a) the details of the outcome of the MoU between the Ministry of Women and Child Development (WCD) and Ministry of AYUSH to tackle the challenging issue of malnutrition amongst women and children, as part of the POSHAN Abhiyaan, year wise, State-wise; and
- (b) the details of activities undertaken and funds allocated for such activities during the last five years to promote nutrition-centric Jan Andolans to support one or the other theme of Poshan Maah, Ministry-wise, Year-wise, State- wise?

## ANSWER

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

(a)  &  (b)  Poshan  Abhiyaan  was  launched in  March  2018. 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.

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.

Moreover, an MoU was signed between Ministry of Women and Child Development and Ministry of  AYUSH for the nutritional  improvement  in  adolescent girls  through Ayurveda  interventions.  Under  the  MoU,  both  ministries  have  collaborated  for implementation  of  a  pilot  project  in  five  Utkarsh  Districts  (Dhubri-Assam,  BastarChhattisgarh,  West  Singhbhum-  Jharkhand,  Gadchiroli-Maharashtra  and  Dholpur-

Rajasthan) for management of anaemia in adolescent girls (aged 14-18 years) through evidence-based Ayurvedic interventions.

Under this Mission, one of the major activities undertaken is Community Mobilization and Awareness Advocacy leading to a Jan Andolan to educate people on nutritional aspects. State and UTs are conducting and reporting regular sensitisation activities under  community  engagement  programmes  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.

So far, more than 100 crore Jan Andolan activities have been conducted since 2018 through 13 Jan Andolans, with 7 Poshan Maah and 6 Poshan Pakhwada, each helped sensitizing not only the target beneficiaries but communities at large also.

As per the guidelines for Saksham Aanganwadi and Mission Poshan 2.0, a total of Rs. 5 lakh per district per annum is released for activities related to Poshan Pakhwada and Poshan Maah which is included in the total budget for the State/ UTs.

The  year-wise  number  of  activities  conducted  in  all  Jan  Andolans  so  far  are  at Annexure - I.

Total funds released under Mission Poshan 2.0 are at Annexure II.

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Annexure-I ANNEXURE REFERRED IN REPLY TO PART (b) OF LOK SABHA QUESTION NO. 4173 FOR 20.12.2024 REGARDING 'POSHAN Abhiyaan' ASKED BY SHRI DURAI VAIKO

The year-wise number of activities conducted in all Jan Andolans so far are as follows:

|   Years |   Poshan Maah Activities (in Cr.) | Poshan Pakhwada Activities (in Cr.)   |
|---------|-----------------------------------|---------------------------------------|
|    2024 |                             13.7  | 17.15                                 |
|    2023 |                             39.38 | 4.89                                  |
|    2022 |                             17.57 | 2.96                                  |
|    2021 |                             20.3  | 2.21                                  |
|    2020 |                             14.08 | 1.36                                  |
|    2019 |                              3.62 | 0.83                                  |
|    2018 |                              0.22 | -                                     |

Annexure-II

## ANNEXURE REFERRED IN REPLY TO PART (b) OF LOK SABHA QUESTION NO. 4173 FOR 20.12.2024 REGARDING 'POSHAN Abhiyaan' ASKED BY SHRI DURAI VAIKO

State wise and year wise funds released under Mission Poshan 2.0 from the period FY2021-22 till FY2024-25 are as follows:

| S. No.   |                                      | Amount in ₹ crores   | Amount in ₹ crores   | Amount in ₹ crores   | Amount in ₹ crores      |
|----------|--------------------------------------|----------------------|----------------------|----------------------|-------------------------|
| S. No.   | Name of the State                    | 2021-22              | 2022-23              | 2023-24 Funds        | 2024-25 Funds released* |
| S. No.   |                                      | Funds released       | Funds released       | released             |                         |
| 1        | Andaman and Nicobar Islands          | 19.71                | 3.85                 | 12.15                | 2.06                    |
| 2        | Andhra Pradesh                       | 744.60               | 827.79               | 705.68               | 145.75                  |
| 3        | Arunachal Pradesh                    | 170.83               | 137.78               | 162.06               | 7.47                    |
| 4        | Assam                                | 1319.90              | 1651.63              | 2233.31              | 370.14                  |
| 5        | Bihar                                | 1574.43              | 1740.09              | 1859.29              | 1358.19                 |
| 6        | Chandigarh                           | 15.32                | 33.10                | 19.79                | 12.08                   |
| 7        | Chhattisgarh                         | 606.73               | 668.96               | 579.46               | 386.80                  |
| 8        | Dadra & Nagar Haveli and Daman & Diu | 9.33                 | 5.80                 | 11.97                | 1.02                    |
| 9        | Delhi                                | 133.11               | 182.77               | 161.81               | 30.92                   |
| 10       | Goa                                  | 10.84                | 14.71                | 13.95                | 9.75                    |
| 11       | Gujarat                              | 839.86               | 912.64               | 1126.80              | 188.86                  |
| 12       | Haryana                              | 173.03               | 195.25               | 225.78               | 177.77                  |
| 13       | Himachal Pradesh                     | 247.99               | 270.24               | 301.09               | 217.60                  |
| 14       | Jammu & Kashmir                      | 405.74               | 479.01               | 530.88               | 340.16                  |
| 15       | Jharkhand                            | 352.98               | 430.91               | 664.30               | 333.40                  |
| 16       | Karnataka                            | 1003.70              | 765.87               | 912.96               | 624.78                  |
| 17       | Kerala                               | 388.23               | 444.98               | 306.64               | 214.75                  |
| 18       | Ladakh                               | 14.70                | 18.79                | 19.62                | 9.03                    |
| 19       | Lakshadweep                          | 2.11                 | 0.44                 | 2.88                 | 1.07                    |
| 20       | Madhya Pradesh                       | 1085.47              | 1011.57              | 1123.11              | 1133.95                 |
| 21       | Maharashtra                          | 1713.39              | 1646.17              | 1699.52              | 867.90                  |
| 22       | Manipur                              | 228.92               | 135.95               | 201.28               | 136.50                  |
| 23       | Meghalaya                            | 173.33               | 192.39               | 269.69               | 80.28                   |
| 24       | Mizoram                              | 59.32                | 42.81                | 100.27               | 0.00                    |
| 25       | Nagaland                             | 159.80               | 199.30               | 262.91               | 109.84                  |
| 26       | Odisha                               | 1065.98              | 923.92               | 968.80               | 665.91                  |

|   27 | Puducherry    |    2.78 |    0.12 |    4.48 |    2.60 |
|------|---------------|---------|---------|---------|---------|
|   28 | Punjab        |  383.52 |   75.31 |  307.87 |  171    |
|   29 | Rajasthan     |  682.65 |  974.02 | 1091.96 |  656.86 |
|   30 | Sikkim        |   25.73 |   20.33 |   33.49 |    0    |
|   31 | Tamil Nadu    |  655.38 |  766.81 |  880.79 |  493.87 |
|   32 | Telangana     |  482.33 |  550.69 |  507.87 |   55.29 |
|   33 | Tripura       |  186.72 |  150.52 |  244.22 |   69.92 |
|   34 | Uttar Pradesh | 2407.55 | 2721.87 | 2668.69 | 1767.11 |
|   35 | Uttarakhand   |  353.65 |  425.84 |  288.24 |  118.69 |
|   36 | West Bengal   |  668.35 | 1227.59 | 1237.56 | 1266.17 |

* funds released up to 20 November 2024

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