Lok Sabha Question No. 614 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2016-02-26
Subject: National Nutrition Mission
Ministry: WOMEN AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT
Asked by: BHAIRON PRASAD MISHRA, SHIVKUMAR CHANABASAPPA UDASI

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.614 TO BE ANSWERED ON 26.02.2016

## NATIONAL NUTRITION MISSION

## 614. SHRI BHAIRON PRASAD MISHRA: SHRI SHIVKUMAR UDASI:

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

- (a) the objectives of National Nutrition Mission implemented by the Government indicating the target fixed/achieved thereof along with the budgetary allocation made and funds utilised thereunder during each of the last three years and the current year, State/UT-wise;
- (b) whether the Government has made or proposes to make changes in the said Mission to make it more effective and if so, the details thereof;
- (c) whether irregularities have been reported in the functioning of the Mission during the said period and if so, the details thereof along with the action taken thereon;
- (d) whether the Government proposes to broaden the Integrated Child Development Services (ICDS) Scheme with the said Mission and if so, the details thereof indicating the percentage of children covered under ICDS scheme; and
- (e) whether the funds provided under ICDS scheme are sufficient to implement it considering the revised norms by the Ministry of Finance and if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER 0f WOMEN AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT SHRIMATI MANEKA SANJAY GANDHI

- (a ) Under the National Nutrition Mission, there are two components, namely
-  Information, Education and Communication (IEC) campaign against malnutrition: In order to create awareness about nutrition challenges and promote home level feeding practices,  a  nationwide  Information,  Education  and  Communication  (IEC)  campaign was launched during the years 2012-13, 2013-14 and 2014-15.
-  Multi-sectoral Nutrition programme to address Maternal and Child Under-Nutrition in 200  high-burden  districts,  which  aims  at  prevention  and  reduction  in  child  undernutrition  (underweight  prevalence  in  children  under  3  years  of  age)  and  reduction  in levels of anaemia among young children, adolescent girls and women.

The  budgetary  allocation  made  and  funds  utilized  under  the  National  Nutrition  Mission (NNM) during last three years and the current year is as below:

| Financial Year   |   Budget Estimates (Rs in crore) |   Revised Estimates (Rs in crore) |   Expenditure (Rs in crore) |
|------------------|----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------|
| 2012-13          |                              250 |                                83 |                       55.69 |

| 2013-14   |   300.00 |   200.00 | 123.00   |
|-----------|----------|----------|----------|
| 2014-15   |   300    |       20 | 20.00    |
| 2015-16   |   205.79 |       65 | --       |

(b)   As per the announcement made by the Union Finance Minister in his budget speech, 2014, a new  National  Nutrition  Mission  is  proposed  to  be  set  up  with  the  objectives  to  reduce  and eradicate the menace of malnutrition, wasting, stunting, anemia, low birth weight and other related problems affecting the young children, pregnant and lactating mothers and adolescent girls.

(c)   No, Madam.

(d)        The  Integrated  Child  Development  Services  (ICDS)  scheme  has  been  universalized  and covers all the districts and blocks in the country.  There are 14 lakh Anganwadi Centres (AWCs) sanctioned  across  the  country  with  7076  Projects.    The  scheme  is  universal  but  self  selecting without  any  economic  or  other  criteria.    The  total  number  of  beneficiaries  covered  under  the scheme  is  8.37  crore  children  (6  months  to  6  years).    With  a  view  to  address  various programmatic, management and institutional gaps, the scheme was restructured and strengthened  in  2012.    The  restructured  scheme  was  rolled  out  in  three  phases.    Apart  from revising the financial norms of the existing components, a number of new components were also introduced in the scheme.

(e)      The  funds  provided  under  the  ICDS  scheme  are  sufficient  to  implement  the  scheme  after revision of the norms by the Ministry of Finance.  During 2015-16, a sum of Rs. 8335.77 crore was sanctioned  at  the  BE  stage  which  was  further  enhanced  to  Rs.  15483.77  crore  by  way  of  two supplementary grants.