Lok Sabha Question No. 2153 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2016-07-29
Subject: Nutrition Rehabilitation Centres
Ministry: WOMEN AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT
Asked by: KRISHNAN NARAYANASAMY RAMACHANDRAN

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF WOMEN AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.2153

TO BE ANSWERED ON 29.07.2016

## NUTRITION REHABILITATION CENTRES

## 2153: SHRI K. N. RAMACHANDRAN

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

- (a) the details of nutrition rehabilitation centres in the country, State/UT-wise;
- (b) whether the National Nutrition Council provides food only to infants and not to the rest of the family;
- (c) if so, whether Government intends to increase its scope; and
- (d) if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF WOMEN AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT (SHRIMATI KRISHANA RAJ)

- (a) Government has established Nutrition Rehabilitation Centres (NRCs) for facility based management of severe acute malnutrition in under-five children. At present, there are 965 NRCs functional across the States/UTs. The State/UT-wise details are annexed .
- (b)to(d)   Under  Integrated  Child  Development  Services  (ICDS)  Scheme,  Supplementary  Nutrition  is provided to the beneficiaries covered under the Scheme i.e. children (6 months to 6 years of age), pregnant women and lactating mothers.  The details of the SNP provided to the beneficiaries are given under:

|   Sl. No. | Category                                     | Type of Food                                                                                                                      |
|-----------|----------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|         1 | Children (0-6 months)                        | Exclusive Breast feeding for first 6 months of life.                                                                              |
|         2 | Children (6-36 months)                       | Take Home Ration in the form that is palatable to the child.                                                                      |
|         3 | Severely malnourished children (6-36 months) | Same type of food as above with food supplement of 800 calories of energy and 20-25 gms. of Protein.                              |
|         4 | Children (3-6 years)                         | Morning snack and Hot cooked Meal.                                                                                                |
|         5 | Severely malnourished children (3-6 years)   | Additional 300 calories of energy and 8-10 gms. of Protein in the form of micro-nutrient fortified food and/or energy dense food. |
|         5 | Pregnant women and Nursing mothers           | Take Home Ration.                                                                                                                 |

## Nutritional Norms:-

| Sl. No.   | Category                                     | Old norms        | Old norms   | Revised norms (per beneficiary per day)   | Revised norms (per beneficiary per day)   |
|-----------|----------------------------------------------|------------------|-------------|-------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------|
|           |                                              | Calories (K Cal) | Protein (g) | Calories (K Cal)                          | Protein (g)                               |
| 1.        | Children (6-72 months)                       | 300              | 8-10        | 500                                       | 12-15                                     |
| 2.        | Severely malnourished children (6-72 months) | 600              | 20          | 800                                       | 20-25                                     |
| 3.        | Pregnant women and Nursing mothers           | 500              | 15-20       | 600                                       | 18-20                                     |

Under  ICDS  Scheme  there  is  no  provision  for  providing  nutrition  to  the  entire  family  of  the beneficiaries.

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## Annexure

| State/UT -wise details of NRCs   | State/UT -wise details of NRCs   | State/UT -wise details of NRCs   |
|----------------------------------|----------------------------------|----------------------------------|
| Sr. No                           | State/UTs                        | No. of NRCs established          |
| 1                                | Andhra Pradesh                   | 18                               |
| 2                                | Arunachal Pradesh                | 1                                |
| 3                                | Assam                            | 15                               |
| 4                                | Bihar                            | 38                               |
| 5                                | Chandigarh                       | 1                                |
| 6                                | Chhattisgarh                     | 62                               |
| 7                                | Dadra & Nagar Haveli             | 1                                |
| 8                                | Delhi                            | 11                               |
| 9                                | Gujarat                          | 124                              |
| 10                               | Haryana                          | 11                               |
| 11                               | Himachal Pradesh                 | 2                                |
| 12                               | Jammu & Kashmir                  | 3                                |
| 13                               | Jharkhand                        | 68                               |
| 14                               | Karnataka                        | 57                               |
| 15                               | Kerala                           | 3                                |
| 16                               | Madhya Pradesh                   | 314                              |
| 17                               | Maharashtra                      | 35                               |
| 18                               | Meghalaya                        | 5                                |
| 19                               | Odisha                           | 45                               |
| 20                               | Rajasthan                        | 40                               |
| 21                               | Tamil Nadu                       | 2                                |
| 22                               | Telangana                        | 12                               |
| 23                               | Uttar Pradesh                    | 60                               |
| 24                               | Uttarakhand                      | 2                                |
| 25                               | West Bengal                      | 35                               |
|                                  | India                            | 965                              |