Lok Sabha Question No. 1040 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2015-12-04
Subject: Malnutrition in Children
Ministry: WOMEN AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT
Asked by: KIRRON KHER

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF WOMEN & CHILD DEVELOPMENT

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.1040

TO BE ANSWERED ON 4.12.2015

## MALNUTRITION IN CHILDREN

## 1040. SHIRIMATI KIRRON KHER

Will the MINISTER FOR WOMEN AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT be please to state:

- (a) whether    Government  has  released  the  budget  allocation  under  the  schemes  to  check malnutrition in the country;
- (b) If so, the details thereof, alongwith their impact in tackling malnutrition amongst children ;
- (c) whether the modernization in the food  programmes for children has taken place  and training programme for healthy workers has been updated ;
- (d) If so, the details thereof and if not, the reasons therefor; and
- (e) the measures taken by the Government to address these problem?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER FOR WOMEN AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT (SHRIMATI MANEKA SANJAY GANDHI)

- (a)       & (b) The Government is implementing Supplementary Nutrition Programme under the Integrated Child Development Services (ICDS) Scheme for holistic development of children below  6 years of  age.  The  programme  envisages  tackling  malnutrition  by  bridging  the  gap  between  the Recommended Dietary Allowance and Average Daily Intake of children. ICDS is a self-selecting scheme  and  Central  share  of  the funds  are released to the States/UTs  for providing Supplementary  food  for  300  days  in  a  year  to  the  beneficiaries  enrolled  at  the  Anganwadi Centres. According to National Family Health Survey (NFHS)-3 (2005-06) carried out by Ministry of  Health  &  Family  Welfare,  Government  of  India,  42.5%  children  under  5  years  of  age  are underweight, 48% are stunted and 19.8% are wasted. However, as per the Rapid Survey on Children (RSoC), 2013-14, commissioned by Ministry of Women and Child Development, there is a  reduction  in  underweight  among  children  under  5  years  of  age  from  42.5%  in  NFHS-3  to 29.4%, stunting from 48% in NFHS-3 to 38.7% and wasting from 19.8% in NFHS-3 to 15.1%. A statement showing budget released to States/UTs for SNP during the last three years and the current year is annexed.
- (c)                to  (e)  The  Food  and  Nutrition  Board under the  Ministry,  through  its  43  regional field  units,  is engaged  in  conducting  training  programmes  in  nutrition  in  addition  to  advocacy  towards generating  awareness  through  nutrition  education  programmes  on  the  importance  of  healthy balanced diets especially through the use of locally available foods, mass awareness campaigns and  use  of  electronic  and  print  media.  The  aim  of  these  activities  is  to  improve  nutritional outcome and bring down the level of malnutrition in the country especially amongst women and children.

## Statement showing funds released to States/ UTs for supplementry Nutrition (SNP) under ICDS Scheme for the year 2012-13,   2013-14, 2014-15 and 2015-16

## Rupees in lakh

|         |                  | 2012-13   | 2013-14        | 2014-15        | 2014-15                | 2015-16 (as on 30.11.2015)   |
|---------|------------------|-----------|----------------|----------------|------------------------|------------------------------|
| Sl. No. | State/UT         | Releases  | Funds Released | Funds Released | 3 year average release | Funds Released               |
| 1       | 2                | 3         | 4              | 5              |                        | 6                            |
| 1       | Andhra Pradesh   | 37662.72  | 40877.32       | 31693.85       | 36744.63               | 22333.13                     |
| 2       | Bihar            | 46532.02  | 51022.67       | 53875.44       | 50476.71               | 36587.59                     |
| 3       | Chhattisgarh     | 14092.83  | 15794.18       | 11302.16       | 13729.72               | 11531.18                     |
| 4       | Goa              | 314.32    | 385.92         | 515.46         | 405.23                 | 397.89                       |
| 5       | Gujarat          | 23377.77  | 17414.66       | 18445.91       | 19746.11               | 12907.80                     |
| 6       | Haryana          | 7365.95   | 6732.32        | 7424.01        | 7174.09                | 3977.78                      |
| 7       | Himachal Pradesh | 2966      | 3067.82        | 2839.15        | 2957.66                | 3366.07                      |
| 8       | Jammu & Kashmir  | 2677.56   | 5631.95        | 5141.04        | 4483.52                | 4169.34                      |
| 9       | Jharkhand        | 18786.19  | 18055.44       | 20478.70       | 19106.78               | 13272.95                     |
| 10      | Karnataka        | 24787.96  | 24820.33       | 40184.12       | 29930.80               | 24006.10                     |
| 11      | Kerala           | 4503.83   | 4511.22        | 4917.75        | 4644.27                | 4664.09                      |
| 12      | Madhya Pradesh   | 57573.72  | 42386.37       | 48462.49       | 49474.19               | 29138.02                     |
| 13      | Maharashtra      | 54568.47  | 43029.81       | 37860.23       | 45152.84               | 21142.12                     |
| 14      | Orissa           | 27463.28  | 29109.00       | 38610.37       | 31727.55               | 23110.72                     |
| 15      | Punjab           | 4475.86   | 6174.61        | 5577.39        | 5409.29                | 3184.64                      |
| 16      | Rajasthan        | 22656.26  | 24075.05       | 23837.65       | 23522.99               | 17367.43                     |
| 17      | Tamil Nadu       | 17979.7   | 22639.02       | 26961.81       | 22526.84               | 19625.46                     |
| 18      | Telangana        | 0         | 0.00           | 13088.78       | 4362.93                | 7427.71                      |
| 19      | Uttar Pradesh    | 117953.04 | 1751.25        | 152371.18      | 90691.82               | 106477.31                    |
| 20      | Uttrakhand       | 1041.8    | 126054.32      | 6014.82        | 44370.31               | 21307.95                     |

| 21   | West Bengal       |   33100.13 |   35245.14 |   37687.47 |   35344.25 |   22216.69 |
|------|-------------------|------------|------------|------------|------------|------------|
| 22   | A & N Islands     |     130.34 |     101.37 |     147.23 |     126.31 |     177.68 |
| 23   | Chandigarh        |     253.72 |     265.39 |     341.99 |     287.03 |     181.6  |
| 24   | Dadra & N Haveli  |      83.44 |      98.78 |     123.48 |     101.9  |      62.38 |
| 25   | Daman & Diu       |      93.42 |     100.41 |      67.34 |      87.06 |      40.24 |
| 26   | Lakshadweep       |      44.53 |      29.02 |      46.96 |      40.17 |      34.94 |
| 27   | Delhi             |    7355.75 |    6249.29 |    4978.98 |    6194.67 |    4287.54 |
| 28   | Pondicherry       |       0    |     177.71 |     182.37 |     120.03 |     340.04 |
| 29   | Arunachal Pradesh |    2746.72 |    3492.73 |    5032.15 |    3757.2  |    2405.93 |
| 30   | Assam             |   33709.6  |   34300.5  |   45517.3  |   37842.5  |   21019    |
| 31   | Manipur           |    2946.24 |    4449.1  |    3632.78 |    3676.04 |    1150.6  |
| 32   | Meghalaya         |    5778.26 |    8110.8  |    9380.22 |    7756.43 |    5779.64 |
| 33   | Mizoram           |    2483.49 |    2481.65 |    2437.62 |    2467.59 |    1028.3  |
| 34   | Nagaland          |    3893.84 |    3445.56 |    5308.79 |    4216.06 |    1717.06 |
| 35   | Sikkim            |     650.54 |     587.68 |     734.59 |     657.6  |     434.3  |
| 36   | Tripura           |    2127.24 |    4000.16 |    5969.31 |    4032.24 |    2702.34 |
|      | Total             |  582177    |  586669    |  671191    |  613345    |  449574    |