Lok Sabha Question No. 1018 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2023-12-08
Subject: Monitoring of POSHAN Abhiyaan
Ministry: WOMEN AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT
Asked by: Vivek Narayan Shejwalkar

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF WOMEN AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1018

TO BE ANSWERED ON 08.12.2023

## MONITORING OF POSHAN ABHIYAAN

## 1018. SHRI VIVEK NARAYAN SHEJWALKAR:

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

- (a) the  amount  of  budget  allocation  made  to  the  States  under  the  POSHAN Abhiyaan, State/UT-wise;
- (b) the present status of the POSHAN Abhiyaan in Madhya Pradesh, district wise;
- (c) whether the Government has put in place any monitoring mechanism for the smooth operation of the scheme; and
- (d) if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER

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

- (a) The  details  of  funds,  released  to  States/UTs  for  Poshan  Abhiyan  under Saksham Anganwadi and Mission Poshan 2.0 is at Annexure I.
- (b) All the districts in Madhya Pradesh are covered under the POSHAN Abhiyaan. The district-wise status of POSHAN Abhiyaan (comprising of number of beneficiaries registered  on  Poshan  Tracker  and  number  of  activities  conducted  during  Poshan Maah 2023) in Madhya Pradesh is at Annexure II & III respectively .

| Beneficiary category     | Number of beneficiaries registered on POSHAN Tracker (as on Oct. 23)   |   Number of Smart phones procured |   Number GMDs procured |   of No. of activities conducted during Jan Andolan 2023 (during Poshan Maah) |
|--------------------------|------------------------------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------|------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| Children 0-6m            | 306868                                                                 |                             55734 |                  97135 |                                                                      50612204 |
| Children 6m-3y           | 2861859                                                                |                             55734 |                  97135 |                                                                      50612204 |
| Children 3y-6y           | 3545764                                                                |                             55734 |                  97135 |                                                                      50612204 |
| Pregnant Women           | 512510                                                                 |                             55734 |                  97135 |                                                                      50612204 |
| Lactating Mothers 352120 | Lactating Mothers 352120                                               |                             55734 |                  97135 |                                                                      50612204 |

(c) to (d). IT  systems  have  been  leveraged  to  strengthen  and  bring  about transparency  in  nutrition  delivery  support  systems  at  the  Anganwadi  centres.  The 'Poshan  Tracker'  application  was  rolled  out  on  1 st  March,  2021  as  an  important governance tool. The Poshan Tracker facilitates monitoring and tracking of all AWCs, AWWs and beneficiaries on defined indicators. Technology under Poshan Tracker is being leveraged for dynamic  identification of stunting, wasting, under-weight prevalence  among  children.  Further,  under  Poshan  2.0,  for  the  first  time,  a  digital revolution was ushered in when the Anganwadi Centres were equipped with mobile devices.  The  mobile  application  has  also  facilitated  digitization  and  automation  of physical registers used by AWWs that helps in improving their quality of work. Poshan Tracker is available in 22 languages including Hindi and English. It has facilitated near real time data collection for Anganwadi Services such as, daily attendance, ECCE, Provision of Hot Cooked Meal (HCM)/Take Home Ration (THR-not raw ration), Growth Measurement etc.  The  App  also  offers  counselling  videos  on  key  behaviours  and services which help disseminate messages on birth preparedness, delivery, post-natal care, breastfeeding and complementary feeding. Steps have been taken to improve nutritional  quality  and  testing  in  accredited  labs,  strengthen  delivery  and  leverage technology under Poshan Tracker to improve governance with regard to real time monitoring  of  provisioning  of  supplementary  nutrition  for  prompt  supervision  and management of services.

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(a)  State/UT wise statement of funds released under Poshan Abhiyaan last year                                                                                                       (Rupees in Lakhs)

| Sl.            | State/UT          |   FY 2022-23 Central Funds released |
|----------------|-------------------|-------------------------------------|
| 1              | A & N ISLANDS     |                               47.45 |
| 2              | ANDHRA PRADESH    |                             2707.69 |
| 3              | ARUNACHAL PRADESH |                               14.7  |
| 4              | ASSAM             |                               34.5  |
| 5              | BIHAR             |                             3916.76 |
| 6              | CHANDIGARH        |                              149.21 |
| 7              | CHHATTISGARH      |                               33    |
| 8 D & N HAVELI | and DAMAN & DIU   |                               18.22 |
| 9              | DELHI             |                               14.25 |
| 10             | GOA               |                                1.65 |
| 11             | GUJARAT           |                               50.4  |
| 12             | HARYANA           |                               22.2  |
| 13             | HIMACHAL PRADESH  |                              194.38 |
| 14             | JAMMU & KASHMIR   |                               19.2  |
| 15             | JHARKHAND         |                               33.6  |
| 16             | KARNATAKA         |                             1746.6  |
| 17             | KERALA            |                             2057.7  |
| 18             | LADAKH            |                                1.95 |
| 19             | LAKSHADWEEP       |                                1.35 |
| 20             | MADHYA PRADESH    |                             2183.79 |
| 21             | MAHARASHTRA       |                               82.95 |
| 22             | MANIPUR           |                                6.45 |
| 23             | MEGHALAYA         |                              430.66 |
| 24             | MIZORAM           |                                0    |
| 25             | NAGALAND          |                             2340.56 |
| 26             | ODISHA            |                               50.7  |
| 27             | PUDUCHERRY        |                                0.75 |
| 28             | PUNJAB            |                               23.25 |
| 29             | RAJASTHAN         |                             1064.28 |
| 30             | SIKKIM            |                                0    |
| 31             | TAMIL NADU        |                            11787.6  |
| 32             | TELANGANA         |                             1735.95 |
| 33             | TRIPURA           |                               97.32 |
| 34             | UTTAR PRADESH     |                              134.55 |
| 35             | UTTARAKHAND       |                              943.09 |
| 36             | WEST BENGAL       |                               86.4  |
| Total          | Total             |                            32033.1  |

## Annexure II

## District wise number of beneficiaries registered on Poshan Tracker in Madhya Pradesh (Oct. 2023)

| Districts             |   Children 0m - 6m |   Children 6m - 3y |   Children 3y - 6y |   Pregnant woman |   Lactating mother |
|-----------------------|--------------------|--------------------|--------------------|------------------|--------------------|
| Agar Malwa            |               1925 |              22720 |              29337 |             3703 |               2447 |
| Alirajpur             |               4118 |              50509 |              69539 |             5812 |               4350 |
| Anuppur               |               2926 |              26098 |              32385 |             4954 |               3282 |
| Ashoknagar            |               2895 |              34557 |              43431 |             5373 |               3308 |
| Barwani               |               7306 |              75414 |              96260 |            11582 |               8127 |
| Burhanpur             |               3554 |              32402 |              40468 |             5636 |               4018 |
| Balaghat              |               8022 |              68449 |              67750 |            13441 |               8784 |
| Betul                 |               7165 |              59328 |              65886 |            11850 |               8131 |
| Bhind                 |               5915 |              59921 |              74971 |             9707 |               6706 |
| Bhopal                |               9569 |              77447 |              84008 |            16041 |              10745 |
| Chhatarpur            |               9350 |              83586 |             107141 |            14698 |              10297 |
| Chhindwara            |              10136 |              82767 |              96602 |            15492 |              11530 |
| Damoh                 |               6082 |              52844 |              66511 |             9649 |               7133 |
| Datia                 |               3003 |              28383 |              37471 |             4689 |               3413 |
| Dindori               |               3363 |              29801 |              36157 |             5515 |               3740 |
| Dewas                 |               5734 |              57560 |              71260 |            10386 |               6658 |
| Dhar                  |              12621 |             105233 |             132076 |            17692 |              13687 |
| Guna                  |               7105 |              54312 |              66005 |             9869 |               7649 |
| Gwalior               |               6423 |              66318 |              82934 |            11544 |               7776 |
| Harda                 |               2182 |              20507 |              23727 |             4016 |               2549 |
| Indore                |               7209 |              75766 |              94879 |            13793 |               8680 |
| Jabalpur              |               6452 |              67128 |              84136 |            12935 |               8211 |
| Jhabua                |               4994 |              71685 |              96793 |            10061 |               6467 |
| Katni                 |               8049 |              52101 |              63709 |             9926 |               8423 |
| Khandwa               |               5940 |              52014 |              62884 |             9373 |               6485 |
| Khargone (West Nimar) |               8550 |              78609 |              94274 |            13806 |               9574 |
| Morena                |               8964 |              85598 |             107757 |            14218 |              10626 |
| Mandla                |               5343 |              39966 |              46820 |             8048 |               5858 |
| Mandsaur              |               5437 |              49098 |              58621 |             9025 |               6335 |
| Niwadi                |               1512 |              15494 |              20739 |             2456 |               1769 |
| Narmadapuram          |               5198 |              43764 |              50255 |             8473 |               5867 |
| Narsinghpur           |               3383 |              34441 |              42950 |             6466 |               3983 |
| Neemuch               |               3479 |              28819 |              35883 |             5067 |               3822 |
| Panna                 |               4786 |              42638 |              55717 |             7459 |               5443 |
| Rajgarh               |               6331 |              59022 |              76127 |            11049 |               7700 |
| Raisen                |               4911 |              48987 |              61458 |             9301 |               5797 |
| Ratlam                |               6199 |              64391 |              78388 |            10687 |               7033 |
| Rewa                  |               9728 |              96288 |             122909 |            19077 |              11347 |

| Shajapur   |   3224 |   34097 |   44036 |   6356 |   3907 |
|------------|--------|---------|---------|--------|--------|
| Shivpuri   |   7586 |   78452 |  100823 |  11188 |   8356 |
| Sidhi      |   5113 |   50300 |   65362 |   9211 |   5882 |
| Sagar      |   8815 |   92203 |  113640 |  17018 |  10476 |
| Satna      |   9214 |   82027 |   98908 |  16138 |  10538 |
| Sehore     |   5501 |   51696 |   63252 |  10399 |   6515 |
| Seoni      |   5703 |   52378 |   60782 |  10079 |   6882 |
| Shahdol    |   5329 |   43097 |   54174 |   8404 |   5705 |
| Sheopur    |   3964 |   35196 |   44446 |   5434 |   4386 |
| Singrauli  |   5345 |   57007 |   73882 |  10632 |   6855 |
| Tikamgarh  |   5549 |   48144 |   62551 |   8413 |   6204 |
| Ujjain     |   7864 |   70819 |   92656 |  13089 |   9171 |
| Umaria     |   2736 |   22286 |   28296 |   4120 |   3165 |
| Vidisha    |   5066 |   50192 |   64738 |   9160 |   6328 |

## District  wise  number  of  activities  conducted  during  Poshan  Maah  2023  in Madhya Pradesh:

| Districts             | No. of activities reported   |
|-----------------------|------------------------------|
| Agar Malwa            | 322,713                      |
| Alirajpur             | 993,524                      |
| Anuppur               | 512,484                      |
| Ashoknagar            | 529,062                      |
| Balaghat              | 1,481,354                    |
| BARWANI               | 977,600                      |
| Betul                 | 1,250,517                    |
| Bhind                 | 1,217,694                    |
| Bhopal                | 1,042,673                    |
| BURHANPUR             | 325,643                      |
| Chhatarpur            | 1,384,853                    |
| Chhindwara            | 1,593,912                    |
| DAMOH                 | 705,818                      |
| DATIA                 | 887,126                      |
| Dewas                 | 1,235,508                    |
| Dhar                  | 2,079,455                    |
| DINDORI               | 948,322                      |
| Guna                  | 648,497                      |
| Gwalior               | 678,240                      |
| Harda                 | 330,650                      |
| Indore                | 1,318,752                    |
| Jabalpur              | 1,153,447                    |
| Jhabua                | 1,100,485                    |
| KATNI                 | 1,861,358                    |
| KHANDWA               | 632,904                      |
| Khargone (West Nimar) | 1,539,284                    |
| Mandla                | 896,346                      |
| Mandsaur              | 765,479                      |
| MORENA                | 1,117,590                    |
| Narmadapuram          | 872,032                      |
| Narsinghpur           | 671,787                      |

| Neemuch                                 | 626,113    |
|-----------------------------------------|------------|
| NIWADI                                  | 229,557    |
| PANNA                                   | 714,556    |
| Raisen                                  | 1,013,321  |
| RAJGARH                                 | 1,120,373  |
| Ratlam                                  | 1,295,342  |
| Rewa                                    | 1,470,622  |
| Sagar                                   | 1,661,200  |
| Satna                                   | 1,400,303  |
| Sehore                                  | 773,526    |
| Seoni                                   | 1,202,103  |
| Shahdol                                 | 768,579    |
| SHAJAPUR                                | 530,051    |
| Sheopur                                 | 539,115    |
| SHIVPURI                                | 1,097,321  |
| SIDHI                                   | 948,873    |
| Singrauli                               | 635,051    |
| Tikamgarh                               | 747,707    |
| UJJAIN                                  | 901,227    |
| UMARIA                                  | 366,653    |
| VIDISHA                                 | 1,495,476  |
| Others activities reported in the State | 26         |
| Grand Total                             | 50,612,204 |